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ambitendency

ambitendency noun: contradictory behaviors exhibited when one is pulled between different choices.

Noun

ambitendency (countable and uncountable, plural ambitendencies)

  1. Contradictory behaviors exhibited when one is pulled between different choices.

Forms of ambitendency

pluralambitendencies

Origin of ambitendency

From ambi- + tendency, after German Ambitendenz.

Questions about ambitendency

What does ambitendency mean?
Ambitendency means contradictory behaviors exhibited when one is pulled between different choices.
What part of speech is ambitendency?
Ambitendency is a noun.
What is the plural of ambitendency?
The plural of ambitendency is ambitendencies.

Words near ambitendency in the dictionary

  1. ambisyllables
  2. ambit
  3. ambit claim
  4. ambit claims
  5. ambitendencies
  6. ambitendency
  7. Ambitho
  8. ambiti
  9. ambition
  10. ambitionate
  11. ambitionated

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