Synonyms for ambivalence
æmˈbɪv ə lənsam·biva·lence

Princeton's WordNetRate this synonym:4.5 / 2 votes

1. ambivalence, ambivalencynoun

   mixed feelings or emotions

   Synonyms:
   ambivalency

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1. List of paraphrases for "ambivalence":

   ambiguity

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1. ambivalence

   Synonyms:
   Psychiatry Manic-depressive psychosis bipolar disorder Suicidology Suicidal ambivalence

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1. Dante Scala:

   Now that we're in this age of ISIS and so forth, Republicans have lost their ambivalence toward interventionism, it can be difficult for candidates to make news anyway during these summer months, and with Trump there, it makes matters worse. In some ways maybe it's unfair to judge him to see what happens in the fall. But that overarching problem is something he has yet to solve.

2. Sebastien Galy:

   Equity markets are in a state of ambivalence, they should find their footing as the week develops, expectations for the non-farm payroll (data) are relatively subdued given that we are in the process of re-opening the economy. A lack of surprise will comfort the market that tapering is only slowly coming.

3. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell:

   There has been a lot of talk in the last 24 hours about one of our presidential candidates and his seeming ambivalence about David Duke and the KKK, so let me make it perfectly clear, that is not the view of Republicans who have been elected to the United States Senate, and I condemn his views in the most forceful way.

4. Fredric Wehrey:

   It did stir a lot of ambivalence and even outright criticism from people who say, 'Well you know, ISIS is bad but at least ISIS is standing up to the Shiites and the Iranian menace,' now this war on the Houthis is a godsend to them because they are able to stir up this new Saudi nationalism, this pan-Sunni fervor, and it's to show they are defending the Sunnis... for domestic benefit.

5. Vice President Daniel Runde:

   There was also an assumption that … we could take our sweet time, there was also some ambivalence in the Biden administration.