ambivalences

Noun

ambivalence (countable and uncountable, plural ambivalences)

1. The coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings (such as love and hate) towards a person, object or idea.
   • "I dearly loved my master, son," she said.
     "You should have hated him," I said.
     "He gave me several sons," she said, "and because I loved my sons I learned to love their father though I hated him too."
     "I too have become acquainted with ambivalence, I said.1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Prologue
2. A state of uncertainty or indecisiveness.