ambivalent attitude
collocation in Englishmeaningsofambivalentandattitude
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ambivalent
adjective
uk/æmˈbɪv.ə.lənt/us/æmˈbɪv.ə.lənt/
having two opposing feelings at the same time, or being uncertain about how ...
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attitude
noun
uk/ˈæt.ɪ.tʃuːd/us/ˈæt̬.ə.tuːd/
a feeling or opinion about something or someone, or a way of behaving that is caused ...
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(Definition ofambivalentandattitudefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There has been anambivalentattitudeto the biological characteristics of racial hybrids apparent ever since the problem first arose.
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Part of the evidence for this alienation can be seen in theambivalentattitudetowards the label 'fundamentalist ' itself.
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They demonstrate above all theambivalentattitudeof the three abolitionists towards the use of violence.
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One illustration is hisambivalentattitudetowards social science.
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There was indeed anambivalentattitudeto courage of this kind.
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Although the older generation regards social reproductive tasks as their main role in society, they have anambivalentattitudetowards productive work among the women of today.
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I have a somewhatambivalentattitudetowards voluntary organisations although my attitude has changed in the last few years.
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I detect in this country only too often anambivalentattitudetowards industry.
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We have a completelyambivalentattitudeto cars.
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He pointed out the ratherambivalentattitudewhich we all have, quite naturally, after two wars.
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We have anambivalentattitudetowards parents and families.
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We have a somewhatambivalentattitudetowards motorways generally.
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We have a somewhatambivalentattitudetowards education.
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I declare an interest—it is recorded—in the building industry, which has anambivalentattitudetowards the subcontractors scheme.
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He would not have the enforcedambivalentattitudeof a director nominated by one party and appointed by another.
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It is perhaps because we have a somewhat strangeambivalentattitudein this country towards books.
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I have anambivalentattitudeto the raising of the family income supplement.
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I would here interpose a brief remark upon one curious and controversial example and proof of thisambivalentattitudeto which we are subject.
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The promotion of individual rights has contributed to anambivalentattitudetowards an individual's responsibil-ity to society.
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