The phrase "ambivalent rather than" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when contrasting feelings or attitudes, indicating a preference for ambivalence over another state or feeling.
Example: "I feel ambivalent rather than certain about the decision we need to make."
Alternatives: "conflicted instead of" or "undecided rather than".
In the course of the discussion I will try to point out some places where there were clear misunderstandings of Bridgman's ideas, and also other places where Bridgman himself was ambivalent or ambiguous, rather than simply misunderstood.
The question is whether this third combination indeed reflects an informed choice rather than ambivalent attitudes, since -- as shown by earlier research -- ambivalence may lead to postponing decision making [ 26].
And rather than feeling mildly ambivalent about the rain, you can cheer it on — with pompoms and a brass band.
In fairness, rather than use an ambivalent-sounding quotation from Mr. Bush to draw its conclusion, the column should have pointed out that the White House has said it will try to find the leaker.
Do the more positive attitudes towards cancer seen in these surveys reflect a much more positive perspective, or are we ambivalent, with intellectually driven hope running alongside, rather than displacing, viscerally driven fear?
This might indicate that women with dyspareunia tend more towards ambivalent automatic affective associations with sex-related stimuli rather than overtly positive associations.
The conclusion is that the actual planning intention of the green belt has been ambivalent and flexible and it is a transition zone rather than a zone for conservation in Hong Kong.
Our results suggest that an ambivalent range exists in terms of distance from the inlet (rather than volume fraction) which depends on system parameters.
If public health turns the formerly ambivalent into a riled-up opposition, we could go backward rather than forward.
