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ambivalence noun [ amˈbɪv(ə)l(ə)ns ]

• 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"
Similar: 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, iffiness, equivocacy,
Opposite: certainty, decisiveness,


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