ambitendency

[ am-bi-ten-duhn-see ]

noun

, Psychology.

, plural am·bi·tend·en·cies.

1. ambivalence, especially when acted out; a tendency to contradictory behavior arising from conflicting impulses.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ambitendency¹

ambi- + tendency

Example Sentences

Disposing causes of negativistic phenomena are: the ambitendency by which every impulse is accompanied by its opposite.

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