ambivalent
adjectiveHaving mixed or conflicting feelings about something.
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adjectiveActively opposed, hostile, or inclined to conflict.
cognitive dissonance
noun phrasePsychological discomfort associated with a perceived inconsistency among beliefs, attitudes, or behavior.
Discomfort from conflicting beliefs
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contradictory
adjectiveExpressing or involving claims that oppose one another and cannot both hold in the same sense.
dissension
nounDisagreement that produces division within a group.
dissonance
nounA lack of harmony or agreement; also a clashing combination of sounds.
Lack of agreement
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incompatible
adjectiveUnable to exist, work, or be true together without conflict.
Unable to fit together
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oxymoron
nounA combination of words whose meanings seem contradictory.
paradox
nounAn apparent contradiction that may nevertheless express a truth.
strife
nounBitter or prolonged conflict.
two-facedness
nounInsincerity shown by presenting different or conflicting attitudes to different people.
Conflicting insincere attitudes
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