Definition of "ambivalent" []

• Exhibiting or feeling ambivalence. (adjective)

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• "Bleuler has used the term ambivalent, thus comparing these individuals to a chemical element having two bonds and impelled to unite with two substances."
• "I have long been of two minds about the word ambivalent."
• "As a whole, they have no official candidate slates, have not rallied behind any particular national leader, have little money on hand, and remain ambivalent about their goals and the political process in general."