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  • 11ambivalent — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone. DERIVATIVES ambivalence noun ambivalently adverb. ORIGIN from Latin ambi on both sides + valere be worth …

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  • 12ambivalent — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, seem, sound ▪ remain ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very …

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  • 13ambivalent — am|biv|a|lent [ æm bıvələnt ] adjective feeling two different things about something at the same time, for example that you like it and dislike it: Leigh s response was ambivalent. Most of us have an ambivalent attitude toward technology.… …

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  • 14ambivalent — UK [æmˈbɪvələnt] / US adjective feeling two different things about someone or something at the same time, for example that you like them and dislike them Leigh s response was ambivalent. Most of us have an ambivalent attitude towards technology.… …

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  • 15ambivalent — am|biv|a|lent [æmˈbıvələnt] adj [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: ambi + valent having a particular value (from Latin valere; VALOR)] not sure whether you want or like something or not ambivalent about ▪ We are both somewhat ambivalent about having a… …

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  • 16ambivalent — [[t]æmbɪ̱vələnt[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you say that someone is ambivalent about something, they seem to be uncertain whether they really want it, or whether they really approve of it. She remained ambivalent about her marriage... He maintained an… …

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  • 17ambivalent — adj. ambivalent about * * * [æm bɪvələnt] ambivalent about …

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  • 18Ambivalent — Ambivalenz (von lat. ambo „beide“ und valere „gelten“) wurde als Begriff von Eugen Bleuler geprägt [1]. Darunter wird in der Psychologie, Psychotherapie, Psychiatrie und Psychoanalyse das Nebeneinander von gegensätzlichen Gefühlen, Gedanken und… …

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  • 19ambivalent — doppeldeutig, doppelsinnig, gespalten, schillernd, widersprüchlich, zwiespältig; (bildungsspr.): paradox, schizophren; (bes. Fachspr.): ambigue, mehrdeutig. * * * ambivalent:⇨zwiespältig ambivalentdoppelwertig,mehrdeutig,gespalten,gebrochen,doppel… …

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  • 20ambivalent — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. uncertain, irresolute, of two minds, conflicted; see doubtful 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [am BIV uh lent] having mixed or contrasting attitudes. Many people have ambivalent feelings about… …

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