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Discover LudwigThe phrase "ambivalent terms" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing language or expressions that convey mixed feelings or contradictory meanings.
Example: "The author often uses ambivalent terms to reflect the complexity of human emotions."
Alternatives: "conflicting terms" or "mixed terms".
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Unable to quite let go, he reaffirms his loyalty in ambivalent terms: "You're still the one pool where I'd happily drown".
The second, radical mentality draws on race-, gender-, and class-based commentaries and has us see accounting's involvement in more ambivalent terms: as a potential enabler but also a potential constrainer of economic accountability and the achievement of the liberal republican dream.
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Conspiracy theories blaming the attacks on India or America can be expected to gain ground, and most Pakistani media have refrained from using the ambivalent term "Taliban" to describe attackers.
Daley redefines the term "ambivalent".
Some women, though, feel ambivalent about the term "feminism" even while they may dedicate their lives to gender equality.
Our results suggest that an ambivalent range exists in terms of distance from the inlet (rather than volume fraction) which depends on system parameters.
I'm more than a little ambivalent about the long-term ramifications of this kind of technology, though, given the continuing abuse of existing gun technology by crazy people in urban areas.
The second group [9, 13, 14] focus on Alexander's ambivalent use of the term 'empirical' to describe his theory, the progenitors of which include both his definition of 'science' [4] and belief in one 'right' way of building [3] (Fig. 2).
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The sum of these scores is used to assign an overall score for each subject, so that it is possible to make a classification, in accordance with the type of attachment, derived from the theory, in terms of secure, ambivalent, avoidant and disorganized.
In terms of voting, ambivalent voters tend to take longer to make up their mind, and often vote with less enthusiasm.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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