ambivalent

Los Angeles, home of the nation’s first freeway and drive-in church, has long been ambivalent if not downright antagonistic toward paid parking.

Work I was involved in has shown that people who are dispositionally ambivalent — that is, who are more comfortable holding contradictory thoughts or feelings — are less prone to cognitive biases like the confirmation bias.

But many people are ambivalent, having seen the kind of consequences that always-present online life and toxic social media have brought alongside their benefits.

A lanky, warm presence with a sociable smile, Turner-Seed is never far from a keenly observed thought or ambivalent feeling.

He wanted to come out, but he was ambivalent and anxious about it.