ambivalence
noun
Examples of ambivalence in a Sentence
Karen E. Young, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2024
Written by two young philosophers — Anastasia Berg and Rachel Wiseman — the book investigates the ambivalence many young women feel about having kids by looking at it through the lenses of sociology, literature, culture (high and low), interviews and surveys, and the authors’ own lives.
—Katha Pollitt, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
Participants might be forced to confront their own ambivalence or the worries that keep them from speaking up about injustices unfolding in front of them now.
—Rick Rojas, New York Times, 9 May 2024
Thus, Free Solo is thrilling for its footage and what its subject tries to accomplish, but a sense of existential ambivalence comes with that morbid thrill.
—Eric Farwell and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 17 Aug. 2024
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