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

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

   Anyone who states- my country is not so innocent- may be stating a truth which goes not only to his feelings about patriotism, but speaks to his state of mind and ambivalence as to what he will do should he gain an office of power and control. For such is the hallmark of demagogues.

3. Ben Watkins:

   There was a part of me that really wanted to explore something I'm calling the 'cult of ambivalence' that I feel now permeates America.

4. Vladan Kuzmanović:

   Sabism is a dualism and a polyvalent sign of ambivalence, bipolarity and synthesis.

5. 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.