NOUN | an ambivalence | ambivalences | |
SYNO | ambivalence | ambivalency |
NOUN article.ind sg | pl
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- Ambivalence was the term borrowed by Sigmund Freud to indicate the simultaneous presence of love and hate towards the same object.
- Research has shown only a moderate correlation between felt and potential ambivalence, although, both measures are useful depending on what is being asked.
- Smelser sets out to establish the concept of ambivalence as an essential element of understanding individual behaviour and social institutions.
- Type III: Ambivalence: High ambivalence and strong egocentrism.
- This upbringing is reflected in Miriam's "strong ambivalence toward her role as a woman".
- Franzen proceeds to summarize his ambivalence in terms of two models.
- The Australian policy towards Taiwan before 1972 has been described as one of ambivalence.
- Originally, schizoid personality disorder involved social avoidance combined with marked ambivalence regarding the desirability of social contact.
- Kelly's attitude towards his life divided between wage labor and activism was one of ambivalence.
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