ambivalence

am biv a lence |amˈbivələns | ▶noun the state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone: the law's ambivalence about the importance of a victim's identity | government ambivalence toward the arts.

ambivalence

am ¦biva |lence |amˈbɪv (ə )l (ə )ns, amˈbɪvəl (ə )ns, amˈbɪvələns | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone: the law's ambivalence about the importance of a victim's identity | government ambivalence towards the arts.

ambivalence

ambivalence noun there is ambivalence over whether cars should be encouraged into the countryside: equivocation, uncertainty, unsureness, doubt, indecision, inconclusiveness, irresolution, irresoluteness, hesitation, hesitancy, fluctuation, vacillation, shilly-shallying, tentativeness; conflict, contradiction, clash, confusion, dilemma, quandary; muddle, vagueness, haze, haziness, unclearness; informal iffiness; archaic equivocacy. ANTONYMS certainty, decisiveness.

ambivalence

ambivalence n. f. nom féminin Caractère de ce qui comprend deux composantes très distinctes, voire opposées. Note Sémantique Ne pas confondre avec le nom ambiguïté, défaut de ce qui est équivoque, de ce qui présente plusieurs sens. Note Orthographique ambival en ce.

ambivalence

am biv a lence -len cy /æmbɪ́v (ə )ləns //-si /名詞 U 1 «…に対する » 相反する感情, 両面感情 «about , toward » .2 葛藤 （かっとう ）, ためらい .