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ambivalence (ămbĭv`ələns), coexistence of two opposing drives, desires, feelings, or emotions toward the same person, object, or goal. The ambivalent person may be unaware of either of the opposing wishes. The term was coined in 1911 by Eugen Bleuler Bleuler, Eugen , 1857–1939, Swiss psychiatrist. He taught (1898–1927) at the Univ. of Zürich, serving concurrently as director of Zürich's Burghölzi Asylum.
..... Click the link for more information. , to designate one of the major symptoms of schizophrenia schizophrenia , group of severe mental disorders characterized by reality distortions resulting in unusual thought patterns and behaviors. Because there is often little or no logical relationship between the thoughts and feelings of a person with schizophrenia, the
..... Click the link for more information. , the others being autism autism , developmental disability resulting from a neurological disorder that affects the normal functioning of the brain. It is characterized by the abnormal development of communication skills, social skills, and reasoning.
..... Click the link for more information. and disturbances of affect (i.e., emotion) and of association (i.e., thought disorders). Bleuler felt that there were normal instances of ambivalence, such as the feeling, after performing an action, that it would have been better to have done the opposite; but the normal person, unlike the schizophrenic, is not prevented by these opposing impulses from deciding and acting. In Freudian psychoanalysis, ambivalence was described as feelings of love and hate toward the same person. This specific meaning has attained common usage by psychiatrists and psychoanalysts.

ambivalence [am′bi·və·ləns]

(psychology)

The coexistence of contradictory emotions, attitudes, ideas, or desires with respect to a particular person, object, or situation.

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And Hines' ambivalence about taking on the country of his birth extends to keeping tabs on their progress, with the lock only having done so recently because of this weekend's clash.

Hines unable to shed any revealing light on Wallabies by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)

But he added that many US lawmakers are "impatient with the delay in the decision-making process," which is fuelling allies' ambivalence about the mission.

McCain predicts success in Afghanistan in 12-18 months by AFP / AFP American Edition

The complaint, while not singling out any individual, is directed at the documents and works reproduced in "Finding Frida Kahlo" and "The Laberinth of Frida Kahlo: death, pain and ambivalence.

Complaint charges books showed fake Frida Kahlo works by AFP / AFP Global Edition

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