Both Uses of
ambivalent
in
Do You Speak American?
- But as Preston also found among these train passengers, Americans are ambivalent about all of this.†
Chpt 3 *
- But despite living in a nation built on immigration, Americans already here have always had ambivalent feelings about those just arriving.†
Chpt 5
Definition:
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(ambivalent) having mixed feelings about something -- such as when part of you wants to do something and part of you does not