ambivalencyn.

Brit.

/amˈbɪvələnsi/,

/amˈbɪvəln̩si/,

/amˈbɪvl̩(ə)nsi/, U.S.

/æmˈbɪv(ə)lənsi/

Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Ambivalenz.

Etymology: < German Ambivalenz ambivalence n.: see -ency suffix. Compare ambivalence n.

Chiefly Psychoanalysis and Psychology. Somewhat rare.

The coexistence in one person of profoundly opposing emotions, beliefs, or attitudes (such as love and hate, or attraction and repulsion) towards a person or thing; (also more generally) the state of having contradictory or mixed feelings or attitudes; the state of being contradictory. Cf. ambivalence n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > [noun]

ambiguitya1325

doublenessa1513

ambiguousness1542

double meaning1551

indifferency1596

equivocacy1646

equivocalness1647

ambilogy1656

greyness1663

mealy-mouthedness1697

amphilogy1731

equivocality1735

grey1822

double-edgedness1901

ambivalence1912

ambivalency1912

1912 W. A. White tr. E. Bleuler Theory Schizophrenic Negativism 1 Ambivalency [Ger. Ambivalenz], which gives to the same idea two feeling tones and invests the same thought simultaneously with both a positive and a negative character.

1955 Jrnl. Mental Sci. 101 575 This ambivalency indicates a conflict which has been repressed but, under the stress of an illness or cerebral degenerative process, threatens to break through to consciousness.

1988 MLN 103 85 Could the ambivalency of Spenser's response to Ariosto be more pronounced?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	ambivalency
释义	ambivalencyn. Brit. /amˈbɪvələnsi/, /amˈbɪvəln̩si/, /amˈbɪvl̩(ə)nsi/, U.S. /æmˈbɪv(ə)lənsi/ Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Ambivalenz. Etymology: < German Ambivalenz ambivalence n.: see -ency suffix. Compare ambivalence n. Chiefly Psychoanalysis and Psychology. Somewhat rare. The coexistence in one person of profoundly opposing emotions, beliefs, or attitudes (such as love and hate, or attraction and repulsion) towards a person or thing; (also more generally) the state of having contradictory or mixed feelings or attitudes; the state of being contradictory. Cf. ambivalence n. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > [noun] ambiguitya1325 doublenessa1513 ambiguousness1542 double meaning1551 indifferency1596 equivocacy1646 equivocalness1647 ambilogy1656 greyness1663 mealy-mouthedness1697 amphilogy1731 equivocality1735 grey1822 double-edgedness1901 ambivalence1912 ambivalency1912 1912 W. A. White tr. E. Bleuler Theory Schizophrenic Negativism 1 Ambivalency [Ger. Ambivalenz], which gives to the same idea two feeling tones and invests the same thought simultaneously with both a positive and a negative character. 1955 Jrnl. Mental Sci. 101 575 This ambivalency indicates a conflict which has been repressed but, under the stress of an illness or cerebral degenerative process, threatens to break through to consciousness. 1988 MLN 103 85 Could the ambivalency of Spenser's response to Ariosto be more pronounced? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1912
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