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ambivalent

/æmˈbɪv.ə.lənt/ adjective C1
  1. Simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, motivations, or meanings.
  2. Alternately being or having one opinion or feeling, and then the opposite. · His feelings toward his parents are ambivalent.
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