What is another word for ambivalence?
563 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ambˈɪvələns], [ ambˈɪvələns], [ a_m_b_ˈɪ_v_ə_l_ə_n_s]
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Synonyms for Ambivalence:
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- reservation,
- doubt yourself,
- scepticism,
- distrust,
- a question mark over something,
- question,
- reserve.
- muddle,
- iffiness,
- indecision,
- hesitancy,
- gingerliness,
- irresoluteness,
- haze,
- inconclusiveness,
- hesitation,
- unsureness,
- confusion dilemma,
- quandary,
- fluctuation,
- tentativeness.
- indecisiveness,
- insipidity,
- inconsistency,
- impulsiveness,
- hesitance,
- capriciousness,
- changeability,
- irresolution,
- shiftiness,
- shyness,
- weakness,
- double-mindedness,
- unwillingness,
- wateriness,
- yellowness,
- halfheartedness,
- spinelessness,
- fickleness,
- vacillation,
- infirmity,
- volatility.
Other synonyms:
• Other relevant words:- equivocalness,
- coggle,
- freewheel,
- constipation,
- faithlessness,
- dominate,
- unpredictability,
- biparous,
- ephemeralness,
- clangor,
- touch,
- difference of opinion,
- roam,
- regulation,
- program line,
- dreariness,
- call into question,
- baseball swing,
- encounter,
- golf shot,
- reticence,
- blow,
- debility,
- dilemma,
- repugn,
- mix-up,
- imbalance,
- whirl,
- mental confusion,
- smell,
- drop,
- whimsey,
- caustic remark,
- contention,
- clang,
- mutual exclusiveness,
- warmheartedness,
- infringe,
- union,
- curb,
- enquiry,
- interrogate,
- warmness,
- look,
- coupling,
- regulate,
- colligation,
- foiling,
- pour,
- stockpile,
- get around,
- insipidness,
- impulsion,
- allow,
- contravene,
- clangoring,
- controller,
- predominate,
- distrustfulness,
- hold,
- mischievousness,
- taciturnity,
- sloppiness,
- focus,
- impetus,
- faltering,
- competition,
- motion,
- float,
- linguistic rule,
- vacillating,
- wonder,
- get,
- double,
- rascality,
- charm,
- ascertain,
- military reserve,
- ascendency,
- swarm,
- yellow,
- notion,
- earmark,
- vibration,
- disputation,
- current,
- oppugn,
- backlog,
- dictation,
- err,
- heading,
- impishness,
- convention,
- dispute,
- contestation,
- difference,
- negligence,
- insure,
- mystify,
- rock music,
- neglect,
- cacoethes,
- modesty,
- falter,
- mistrust,
- jam,
- book,
- fight,
- helplessness,
- frailness,
- rein,
- bid,
- bidding,
- nonperformance,
- perplex,
- harness,
- careen,
- clank,
- restrict,
- passionateness,
- smother,
- mutual opposition,
- interrogation,
- wave-particle duality,
- determine,
- tenseness,
- manipulate,
- impuissance,
- decree,
- impression,
- blandness,
- golf stroke,
- scrap,
- wander,
- run afoul,
- tension,
- incongruousness,
- unintelligibility,
- clangour,
- opponent,
- precariousness,
- ascendancy,
- unregularity,
- junction,
- hole,
- paddle,
- purport,
- uniting,
- skirmish,
- divergence,
- keel,
- suspect,
- interview,
- impulse,
- disinclination,
- spin,
- failing,
- entropy,
- jar,
- resistance,
- be adrift,
- misgiving,
- rain cats and dogs,
- heterogeneousness,
- clutter,
- gallery,
- indisposition,
- prescript,
- shake,
- interrogative,
- find,
- rock 'n' roll,
- arguing,
- heat,
- pelt,
- fighting,
- foeman,
- tactual sensation,
- emphasize,
- repugnance,
- lilt,
- keep in line,
- sovereignty,
- rage,
- prevarication,
- welter,
- noise,
- crash,
- ephemerality,
- sweep,
- opposite,
- master,
- daze,
- armed combat,
- dissonance,
- spool,
- lurch,
- affectionateness,
- changefulness,
- geometrical irregularity,
- act upon,
- skepticism,
- sexual union,
- sarcasm,
- vacillant,
- sign,
- accent,
- feebleness,
- whimsy,
- pullulate,
- swing out,
- mold,
- fix,
- heart,
- toddle,
- waver,
- accentuate,
- instruction,
- injury,
- control condition,
- mental reservation,
- tilt,
- work,
- touch sensation,
- mystifier,
- agnosticism,
- warmth,
- range,
- rock and roll,
- require,
- thwarting,
- fondness,
- opinion,
- plight,
- stray,
- abnormality,
- qualification,
- principle,
- pose,
- carry,
- jive,
- intuitive feeling,
- fuddle,
- oppositeness,
- pickle,
- try,
- satire,
- flip-flop,
- trend,
- nonplus,
- rove,
- confrontation,
- teem,
- inquiry,
- feel,
- appropriate,
- falseness,
- dissension,
- persuade,
- swan,
- rock candy,
- ascendance,
- normal,
- kettle of fish,
- mess,
- substitute,
- turnabout,
- shape,
- bewilder,
- stick,
- tempt,
- trickiness,
- overtop,
- dominion,
- swing music,
- boringness,
- query,
- unbalance,
- puzzler,
- tramp,
- amaze,
- frailty,
- waddle,
- belief,
- variance,
- gyrate,
- harm,
- tactile sensation,
- strain,
- totter,
- stochasticity,
- statement,
- gemination,
- formula,
- nonconformance,
- interrogative sentence,
- whim,
- apostasy,
- tenderness,
- swag,
- puddle,
- see to it,
- watercourse,
- struggle,
- suspicion,
- overlook,
- flavour,
- ensure,
- flummox,
- hurt,
- confusedness,
- stone,
- contend,
- evasion,
- see,
- tone,
- set aside,
- check,
- conjunction,
- ascendence,
- duplicate,
- excitability,
- assure,
- unification,
- spirit,
- verify,
- brush,
- enemy,
- disarray,
- rock'n'roll,
- evasiveness,
- addle,
- rock-and-roll,
- booking,
- contradiction in terms,
- engagement,
- variant,
- vagabond,
- unstableness,
- restraint,
- well out,
- discombobulation,
- uncertainness,
- rain buckets,
- flow,
- argument,
- teaser,
- muddiness,
- turnaround,
- baffle,
- friction,
- emphasise,
- psychic trauma,
- govern,
- movement,
- second-stringer,
- ruler,
- swing over,
- gravel,
- fraudulence,
- spin around,
- hold in,
- foe,
- mare's nest,
- pattern,
- dumbfound,
- dangle,
- ramble,
- vex,
- punctuate,
- cut,
- moderate,
- nonconformism,
- beat,
- jointure,
- contain,
- roll,
- reversal,
- mastery,
- reluctance,
- slipperiness,
- head,
- excitableness,
- cycle,
- puckishness,
- operate,
- stupefy,
- mating,
- love,
- variation,
- double-dealing,
- bobbin,
- incoherency,
- swinging,
- flavor,
- emphasis,
- stagger,
- cast,
- mania,
- defeat,
- fog,
- predicament,
- dominance,
- jumble,
- prevail,
- collide.
- dubiousness,
- reign,
- Inconsonance,
- doubling,
- Shilly-shally,
- twinning,
- dichotomy,
- Unconformity,
- influence,
- passion,
- disproportion,
- ambivalence of impulse,
- oxymoron,
- swing,
- frustration,
- Doubleness,
- doubtfulness,
- stream,
- twoness,
- heresy,
- heterodoxy,
- contest,
- Mugwumpery,
- nonconformity,
- pairing,
- Antinomy,
- unorthodoxy,
- dodder,
- oscillation,
- polarity,
- incongruity,
- battle,
- duplexity,
- rule,
- affection,
- shilly-shallying,
- Biformity,
- change of mind,
- Unsettlement,
- tergiversation,
- command,
- stress,
- bifurcation,
- feeling,
- two-facedness,
- Psychological Stress,
- equivocality,
- ambitendency,
- duplication,
- wavering,
- changeableness,
- fence-straddling,
- incoherence,
- Irreconcilability,
- dualism,
- irony,
- disproportionateness,
- disagreement,
- clash,
- inconstancy,
- Unsettledness,
- duplicity,
- Self-contradiction,
- equivocation,
- heterogeneity,
- duality,
- Incommensurability,
- dubiety,
- incompatibility,
- Traumatism,
- sway,
- asymmetry,
- trauma,
- drift,
- Halving,
- control,
- rock,
- decompensation,
- conjugation,
- combat,
- instability,
- second thoughts,
- doublethink,
- discrepancy,
- reel,
- fence-sitting,
- Mugwumpism,
- paradox.
How to use "Ambivalence" in context?
Ambivalence is defined as a feeling of intense conflict between two contradictory desires or impulses. Ambivalence is often a symptom of anxiety, depression, or other mental health conditions, and can be a difficult experience to manage.
Ambivalence can be a confusing and conflicting feeling, characterized by feelings of conflict between two strongly held desires, impulses, or beliefs. It can be hard to make a clear decision because you are torn between the two options. Ambivalence can also be a symptom of other mental health conditions, such as anxiety or depression, and can be extremely difficult to grasp and deal with.
Paraphrases for Ambivalence:
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
contradiction, vagueness.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
ambiguity.
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Noun, singular or mass
Homophones for Ambivalence:
Hypernym for Ambivalence:
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feeling
conflict.
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feeling
Hyponym for Ambivalence:
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feeling
feeling.
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feeling
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