ambitendency

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English

Etymology

From ambi- +‎ tendency.

Noun

ambitendency (countable and uncountable, plural ambitendencies)

  1. (psychology) Contradictory behaviors exhibited when one is pulled between different choices.
    Coordinate term: ambivalence

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