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ambivalence meaning in Sanskrit

विधान vidhāna

/æmˈbɪvələns/

ambivalence in Sanskrit: विधान (vidhāna). In English, ambivalence means the coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings (such as love and hate) towards a person, object or idea.

Sanskrit words for ambivalence

ambivalence
विधान vidhāna

English meaning of ambivalence

  1. noun The coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings (such as love and hate) towards a person, object or idea.
  2. noun A state of uncertainty or indecisiveness.

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Questions about ambivalence in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of ambivalence in Sanskrit?
Ambivalence in Sanskrit is विधान (vidhāna).
ambivalence इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Ambivalence: विधान (vidhāna).
What does ambivalence mean in English?
Ambivalence means the coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings (such as love and hate) towards a person, object or idea.

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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “ambivalence”: विधान. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: ambivalence (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sanskrit words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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