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Ambivalence N Contradictory Conflicting Emotional Attitudes Torn Loving

Word ambivalence
Part of Speech N.
Definition having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes.
Sentence Torn between loving her parents one minute and hating them the next, she was confused by the ambivalence of her feelings.
Related Words ambivalent, ADJ.

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