How to pronounce“ambivalent”in English
And then there was of course this massive technological shift, the invention of writing, and you had people who were objecting to that; 2500 years ago Socrates was at the very least
ambivalent and maybe even up in arms about this new invention called writing and he said, "Writing is gonna make people dumb.
People are gonna start taking ideas out of their minds, putting them down on papyrus and thinking that they're still smart when in fact they're just gonna be like empty vessels.
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Definitions of “ambivalent”
Simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, motivations, or meanings.
“In modern burlesque [...] sexual and erotic stimuli are often present in concealed and ambivalent doubles entendres.”
Alternately being or having one opinion or feeling, and then the opposite.
“His feelings toward his parents are ambivalent.”
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