ambivalence
/æmˈbɪvəɫəns/
the state of having mixed feelings about something
ambivalence in a sentence
“She felt ambivalence about accepting the promotion.”
Origin of ambivalence
German Ambivalenz from Latin ambi- both + valentia strength (coined by psychologist Eugen Bleuler in 1910)
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