ambitendency

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noun

Contradictory behaviors exhibited when one is pulled between different choices.

OriginGerman Ambitendenz →
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Meanings

nounambitendency (countable and uncountable, plural ambitendencies)

plural ambitendencies

  1. countableuncountablehuman sciencesContradictory behaviors exhibited when one is pulled between different choices.

Origin

  1. GermanAmbitendenz
  2. Englishambitendency

From ambi- + tendency, after German Ambitendenz.

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Translations

Polish ambitendencja
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APA

ambitendency. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ambitendency

MLA

“ambitendency.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ambitendency. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ambitendency,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ambitendency.

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