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ambitendency
[ am-bi-ten-duhn-see ]
noun
, Psychology.
, plural am·bi·tend·en·cies.
- ambivalence, especially when acted out; a tendency to contradictory behavior arising from conflicting impulses.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ambitendency1
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Example Sentences
Disposing causes of negativistic phenomena are: the ambitendency by which every impulse is accompanied by its opposite.
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