also  am*biv*a*len*cy  n, pl  -len*ces  also  -len*cies  :  simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action <a heightened which is expressed in behavior by alternating obedience and rebellion, followed by self-reproach -G. S. Blum>  am*biv*a*lent adj am*biv*a*lent*ly adv 
 
 
 
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