ambivalence

indecision

glove

opposite

synonym

trivia

bias

perfectionism

self-image

falsehood

true

exam

test

door

mixed message

rage

nonchalance

chill

multitasking

optimism

pessimism

getting help

being bossy

paradox

ADHD

relationship

hobbit

lava lamp

is a relation toward something that one has not yet mastered.

a relation toward somethign one has not mastered... one behaves ambivalently toward a thing with which one has not come to terms' (Adorno Wagner 586-7)

is, in postcolonial studies, culture consists of a duality that presents a split in the identity of the colonized other, allowing for beings who are a hybrid of their own cultural identity and that of their colonizer.

The idea of ambivalence sees culture as consisting of opposing perceptions and dimensions. Bhabha claims that this ambivalence this duality that presents a split in the identity of the colonized other allows for beings who are a hybrid of their own cultural identity and the colonizer's cultural identity. Ambivalence contributes to the reason why colonial power is characterized by its belatedness. Colonial signifiers of authority only acquire their meanings after the 'traumatic scenario of colonial difference, cultural or racial, returns the eye of power to some prior archaic image or identity. Paradoxically, however, such an image can neither be 'original' by virtue of the act of repetition that constructs it nor identical by virtue of the difference that define it.'[5] Accordingly, the colonial presence remains ambivalent, split between its appearance as original and authoritative and its articulation as repetition and difference.[5] This opens up the two dimensions of colonial discourse: that which is characterized by invention and mastery and that of displacement and fantasy.' (wikipedia))

is when a dialectical structure solidifies into a pure identity of opposites.

The concept is used in a different sense in The Visible and the Invisible, where Merleau-Ponty names a dialectical structure 'ambivalent' when it solidifies into a pure identity of opposites (VI, 93).

is a tune with a danceable rhythm all its own.

Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.

is no good: Grey is the color of the ass.

Since Adam, grey is the color of the ass. (Bohemian.)

is watching your mother-in-law drive over a cliff in your new Cadillac.

Ambivalence: watching your mother-in-law drive over a cliff in your new Cadillac.

ambivalence, n.All

ambivalence