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ambitendency
[ am-bi-ten-duhn-see ]
/ ˌæm bɪˈtɛn dən si /
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noun, plural am·bi·tend·en·cies.Psychology.
ambivalence, especially when acted out; a tendency to contradictory behavior arising from conflicting impulses.
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How to use ambitendency in a sentence
Disposing causes of negativistic phenomena are: the ambitendency by which every impulse is accompanied by its opposite.
Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology|C. G. Jung