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ambivalency

ambivalence \ambivalence\, ambivalency \ambivalency\n.

  1. mixed feelings or emotions; uncertainty or vacillation in making a choice.

  2. (Psychol.) the simultaneous existence within a person of both positive and negative feelings toward another person or action, or toward an object (as of attraction and revulsion), resulting in internal conflict.

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ambivalency

n. mixed feelings or emotions [syn: ambivalence]

Usage examples of "ambivalency".

Since the first method of intimidation involves removing an article of clothing, and the latter involves actually forcing an article of clothing to adhere ever more closely to the victim's body (in this case to the vertical concave aperture separating the two semi-spheres of the glutius maximus), I am afraid my hesitancy represents some underlying ambivalency about becoming a professional bully.