ambivalence

Significat (Anglès)

1. (countable, uncountable) The coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings (such as love and hate) towards a person, object or idea.
2. (countable, uncountable) A state of uncertainty or indecisiveness.

Conceptes

ambivalència

Sinònims

ambivalency

dither

hesitation

indecision

irresolution

uncertainty

Traduccions

ambivalence

Ambivalenz

ambivalência

ambivalenza

ambivalencia

ambivalentie

αμφιθυμία

Doppelwertigkeit

Zwiespältigkeit

çelişik duyguları olma

تضاد

تناقُض

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/æmˈbɪvələns/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Borrowed from German Ambivalenz (“simultaneous conflicting feelings”), from Latin ambi- (“both”) and valentia (“strength”), from the verb valere (“to be strong”) (see valiant); spelled on the model of French-origin words ending in -ence. The German term was coined by Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler in 1910; by 1929, it had taken on a broader literary and general sense. Equivalent to ambi- + valence.