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ambivalency

Variant of ambivalence

noun

simultaneous conflicting feelings toward a person or thing, as love and hate

also Chiefly Brit.ambivalency

Origin: ambi- + valence

Related Forms:

ambivalent adjective
ambivalently adverb

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