GRE Word List

AMBIVALENCE

simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action

The meaning of the word ambivalence is simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action.

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WordMeaning
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