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ambivalence

noun
/æmˈbɪvələns/

Etymology

Borrowed from German Ambivalenz (“simultaneous conflicting feelings”), from Latin ambi- (“both”) and valentia (“strength”), from the verb valere (“to be strong”) (see valiant); spelled on the model of French-origin words ending in -ence. The German term was coined by Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler in 1910; by 1929, it had taken on a broader literary and general sense. Equivalent to ambi- + valence.

  1. derived from ambi-
  2. borrowed from Ambivalenz

Definitions

  1. The coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings (such as love and hate) towards a…

    The coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings (such as love and hate) towards a person, object or idea.

  2. A state of uncertainty or indecisiveness.

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Derived

unambivalence

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at ambivalence. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at ambivalence. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at ambivalence

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA