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PRONUNCIATION OF AMBIVALENCY

ambivalency  [æmˈbɪvələnsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AMBIVALENCY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ambivalency is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AMBIVALENCY


chaplaincy
ˈtʃæplənsɪ
corpulency
ˈkɔːpjʊlənsɪ
covalency
kəʊˈveɪlənsɪ
equipollency
ˌiːkwɪˈpɒlənsɪ
equivalency
ˌɛkwɪˈveɪlənsɪ
Excellency
ˈɛksələnsɪ
flatulency
ˈflætʃʊlənsɪ
indolency
ˈɪndələnsɪ
multivalency
ˌmʌltɪˈveɪlənsɪ
opulency
ˈɒpjʊlənsɪ
petulancy
ˈpɛtjʊlənsɪ
prevalency
ˈprɛvələnsɪ
redolency
ˈrɛdələnsɪ
repellency
rɪˈpelənsɪ
sanguinolency
sæŋˈɡwɪnələnsɪ
sibilancy
ˈsɪbɪlənsɪ
somnolency
ˈsɒmnələnsɪ
transcalency
trænzˈkeɪlənsɪ
turbulency
ˈtɜːbjʊlənsɪ
valency
ˈveɪlənsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AMBIVALENCY

ambilateral
ambimoustrous
ambiophony
ambipolar
ambisexual
ambisexuality
ambisonics
ambit
ambition
ambitioned
ambitionless
ambitious
ambitiously
ambitiousness
ambitty
ambivalence
ambivalent
ambivalently
ambiversion
ambivert

WORDS THAT END LIKE AMBIVALENCY

agency
bivalency
divalency
electrovalency
flocculency
fraudulency
monovalency
pentavalency
polyvalency
prepollency
purulency
quadrivalency
quinquevalency
succulency
tervalency
tetravalency
trivalency
truculency
univalency
virulency

Synonyms and antonyms of ambivalency in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ambivalency» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AMBIVALENCY

Find out the translation of ambivalency to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ambivalency from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ambivalency» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

ambivalency
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ambivalencia
570 millions of speakers

English

ambivalency
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ambivalency
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ambivalency
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

амбивалентность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ambivalência
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উভবল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ambivalence
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ambivalensi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ambivalenz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ambivalency
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

ambivalency
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ambivalensi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ambivalency
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ambivalency
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आकस्मिकता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ambivalency
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ambivalency
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ambivalency
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

амбівалентність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ambivalency
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ambivalency
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ambivalency
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ambivalency
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ambivalency
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ambivalency

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AMBIVALENCY»

The term «ambivalency» is barely ever used and occupies the 194.131 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AMBIVALENCY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ambivalency» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ambivalency» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ambivalency

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AMBIVALENCY»

Discover the use of ambivalency in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ambivalency and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sigmund Freud (RLE:Freud): His Personality, His Teaching and ...
Bleuler, says Stekel, Wishing to describe a similar phenomenon (whOSe full import was hidden from Bleuler), made use of the word “ ambivalency.” Ambivalency is a much less apt term than bipolarity, but the orthodox Freudians make it a ...
Fritz Wittels, 2013
2
Library of Congress Subject Headings
A45] UF Ambivalency BT Emotions Ambivalence in art (Not Subd Geog) Ambivalence in literature (Not Subd Geog) Ambivalency USE Ambivalence Amblemidae USE Unionidae Ambler family (Not Subd Geog) UF Ambly farme Ambler ...
Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office, 2004
3
Revisioning Environmental Ethics
To overlook this ambivalency in the interpretation of any mythic symbol involves a projection of the mental need for dualistic certainty which completely misses the mythic content. In fact, the circular form of thinking expressed by the mythic ...
Daniel A. Kealey, 1990
4
Race Under Reconstruction in German Cinema: Robert Stemmle's ...
While Toxi lebt anders can hardly be said to make light of the sociological situation of single mothers with AfroGerman children, its advocacy on behalf of this constituency replicates the tone of ambivalency that haunted public discussions ...
Angelica Fenner, 2011
5
Theodor Herzl: From Europe to Zion
... then analyze several short stories, and finally deal with Herzl's ambivalent attitude toward technological progress. This ambivalency has its roots in his existential objectives. By stressing this ambivalency, which comes to the fore in his ...
Mark H. Gelber, Vivian Liska, 2007
6
Israel: The First Decade of Independence
Moreover, it would be wr0ng to assume that the position argued by the liberal- minded Zionists was without any ambivalency. It was and it is easy to find declarations and memoranda by the “liberals” that would be categorized as “ security ...
S. Ilan Troen, Noah Lucas, 2012
7
Public Administration in an Information Age: A Handbook
New Forms of Steering and the Ambivalency of Transparency V.J.J.M. Bekkers Tilburg University Center for Law, Public Administration and Informatization Tilburg, The Netherlands Abstract. Information plays an important role in steering.
I.Th.M. Snellen, W.B.H.J. van de Donk, 1998
8
Heart of the Cross: A Postcolonial Christology
I have often struggled with this question, this tension, this ambivalency of wanting and not wanting somehow to be located and settled. For those who have had the privilege of being “rooted” and “settled,” this yearning might seem naïve, ...
Wonhee Anne Joh, 2006
9
Overtones and Undertones: Reading Film Music
One thing Herrmann obviously fathomed, consciously and/or un- consciously, in Hitchcock and his art was the perfect ambivalency: for every dose of the calm, the rational, and the everyday, there is a counterbalancing dose of the violent, the ...
Royal S. Brown, 1994
10
Simon & Schuster Super Crossword Puzzle Dictionary And ...
... 13 ambitiousness, life's ambition ambitious: 8 aspiring, vaulting; 11 challenging , sky-aspiring; 12 high-reaching ambitiously: 12 determinedly, with ambition ambivalence: 11 ambivalency ambivalency: 11 ambivalence amble: 4 boom, dart , flit ...
Seth Godin, Lark Productions LLC, Seth Godin Productions, 1999

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AMBIVALENCY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ambivalency is used in the context of the following news items.
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Hot Docs 2015: Censored Voices Review
... deeply explores the contradictions and ambivalency expressed by these soldiers both soon after battle and following the passage of time. «DorkShelf.com, Apr 15»
2
China and Japan's Perspectives on North Korea
You have a bulk of the population that feels some ambivalency. And then you have a group in the population, which is, again, probably a ... «Council on Foreign Relations, Oct 14»
3
Reporting On Nido's Death
... crimes, having no link to “territorial-claim related violence”, of mainland India If lost in ambivalency till now, I suggest you a mental asylum. «The Newslaundry, Feb 14»
4
FDI Ban From Retail E-Commerce To Be Removed, Says Assocham
"It does not make ambivalency with small retailers and kirana shops," he said. Rawat said that FDI allow in B2C e-commerce part will draw ... «Mondaq News Alerts, Oct 13»
5
The Dirt on Seattle's Tunnel-Vision Future
There's a poetry to this image that captures not just our ambivalency regarding climate change, but the way we double-down on exhausting ... «The SunBreak, May 11»

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