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love-hate relationship Ambivalence Psychiatry A clinical complex characterized by Freudian impulses; love-hate is normal for children passing through the 'anal-sadistic' phase of development, in which there is often simultaneous
love and 'murderous' hatred toward the same object–person. Cf Passive-aggression. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Even as a child she wrote journals that catalog her love/hate relationships with her sister and mother. As Jesse Hart Nichols puts it, "I love/hate, love/hate relationships. One of cinema's great love/hate relationships is being retold in ``My Best Fiend,'' Werner Herzog's new film about his memories of actor Klaus Kinski. |
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