ambivalence

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

ambivalentie

ambivalent

tegenstrijdigheid

Synoniemen

ambivalency

dither

hesitation

indecision

irresolution

uncertainty

Vertalingen

ambivalence

Ambivalenz

ambivalenza

ambivalência

ambivalencia

ambivalència

Doppelwertigkeit

αμφιθυμία

Zwiespältigkeit

çelişik duyguları olma

تضاد

تناقُض

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/æmˈbɪvələns/

Etymologie (Engels)

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.