ambivalent
pronunciation
How to pronounce ambivalent in British English:
UK [æmˈbɪvələnt]
How to pronounce ambivalent in American English:
US [æmˈbɪvələnt]
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- Adjective:
- characterized by a mixture of opposite feelings or attitudes
- uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow
Word Origin
- ambivalent (adj.)
- 1916, originally a term in psychology; back-formation from ambivalence. In general use by 1929.
Example
- 1. France supports the move while china appears ambivalent .
- 2. Pakistan 's stance towards islamist extremism remains ambivalent .
- 3. Murakami was also ambivalent about his native land .
- 4. Reform is moving slowly partly because mr castro is ambivalent .
- 5. Labour in power has had a more ambivalent attitude : tony blair in 1997 talked of putting britain at the heart of europe , but reluctantly stood aside from the euro in 1998 , while gordon brown has tended to lecture europeans for their supposedly faulty economic policies ( quite unlike his own , of course ) .