Ambivalency

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  ambivalence \ambivalence\, ambivalency \ambivalency\n.
     1. mixed feelings or emotions; uncertainty or vacillation in
        making a choice.
        [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
  
     2. (Psychol.) the simultaneous existence within a person of


        both positive and negative feelings toward another person
        or action, or toward an object (as of attraction and
        revulsion), resulting in internal conflict.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ambivalency
       n : mixed feelings or emotions [syn: {ambivalence}]