AMBIVALENCE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Mixed feelings or emotions

Synonyms:

ambivalence; ambivalency

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("ambivalence" is a kind of...):

feeling (the experiencing of affective and emotional states)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ambivalence"):

conflict (opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings)

Derivation:

ambivalent (uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow)