Vocabulary
Ambivalence
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
the state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.
Urdu meaning
تذبذب میں، بیک وقت محبت اور نفرت
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Ambivalence is not likely to get us anywhere.
- Ambivalence is not likely to get us anywhere.
Synonyms
equivocation, uncertainty, unsureness, doubt, indecision, inconclusiveness, irresolution
Antonyms
certainty, decisiveness
Curator example
“the law’s ambivalence about the importance of a victim’s identity”
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About this vocabulary section.
These entries support close reading of Dawn editorials and opinion pieces: short definitions,
Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
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