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   pas·sion

   /ˈpaSH(ə)n/

   noun

   • 1. strong and barely controllable emotion: "a man of impetuous passion"
   • ▪ a state or outburst of strong emotion: "oratory in which he gradually works himself up into a passion" Similar rageblind ragefit of rage/anger/tempertempertowering rageoutburst of angertantrumfuryfrenzyparoxysmfeverinformal:paddyinformal, dated:waxbatepaddywhack
   • ▪ intense sexual love: "their all-consuming passion for each other" Similar lovedesiresexual lovesexual desirelustardorhungeryearninglongingcravingadorationinfatuationlasciviousnesslustfulnessamour fourare:concupiscencenympholepsy
   • ▪ an intense desire or enthusiasm for something: "the English have a passion for gardens" Similar fervorardorintensityenthusiasmeagernesszealzealousnessvehemencevigoravidityavidnessfeelingemotionfireheatfierinessfiercenessexcitementenergyanimationgustozestzestfulnessspiritspiritednesscommitmentfanaticismviolencerare:fervencyardencypassionatenessenthusiasmlovemaniakeen interestfascinationobsessionfanaticismfixationpredilectioncompulsionappetiterelishpartialitylikinginterestweaknesspenchantaddictionfondnessinformal:thingyenrare:appetencyOpposite indifferenceapathy
   • ▪ a thing arousing enthusiasm: "modern furniture is a particular passion of Bill's" Similar obsessionpreoccupationcrazemaniaragehobby horse
   • 2. the suffering and death of Jesus: "meditations on the Passion of Christ" Similar crucifixionpainsufferingagonymartyrdomrare:martyrization
   • ▪ a narrative of the Passion from any of the Gospels.
   • ▪ a musical setting of any of the narratives of the Passion: "an aria from Bach's St. Matthew Passion"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin passio(n-) (chiefly a term in Christian theology), from Latin pati ‘suffer’.

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