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What does ambivalent mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word ambivalent? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, or motivations.
  2. Alternately having one opinion or feeling, and then the opposite.
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Women who are ambivalent about the permanence of the procedure should be counseled to strongly consider another contraceptive method.
The same ambivalent usage marks anarchist versions of the truth, or those of radical feminists.
The king himself provoked the severe limitations on his power by the ambivalent attitude he displayed towards the Revolution.
The melodies could sometimes be stronger, but King's lyrics and delivery convey an arresting spectrum of ambivalent emotions.
I reject totally any statement by the opposition that we have in some way been ambivalent.
Their attitude to Hale is ambivalent at best and I suspect that it is actively hostile.

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