ambitendency

ambitendency
/am'bi ten"deuhn see/, n., pl. ambitendencies. Psychol.
ambivalence, esp. when acted out; a tendency to contradictory behavior arising from conflicting impulses.
[AMBI- + TENDENCY]

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