ambivalence

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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.

Konzepte

Ambivalenz

Doppelwertigkeit

Zwiespältigkeit

Zerrissenheit

Synonyme

ambivalency

dither

hesitation

indecision

irresolution

uncertainty

Übersetzungen

ambivalence

ambivalenza

ambivalência

ambivalencia

ambivalentie

αμφιθυμία

ambivalència

الازدواجيّة

çelişik duyguları olma

تضاد

تناقُض

αμφιταλάντευση

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/æmˈbɪvələns/

Etymologie (Englisch)

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.