ambitendency
[ am-bi-ten-duh n-see ]
/ ˌæm bɪˈtɛn dən si /
noun, plural am·bi·tend·en·cies. Psychology.
ambivalence, especially when acted out; a tendency to contradictory behavior arising from conflicting impulses.
Words nearby ambitendency
ambisexual,
ambisinister,
ambisonics,
ambisyllabic,
ambit,
ambitendency,
ambition,
ambitious,
ambivalence,
ambivalent,
ambivalent sexism
Example sentences from the Web for ambitendency
Disposing causes of negativistic phenomena are: the ambitendency by which every impulse is accompanied by its opposite.
Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology |C. G. Jung