any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling, as love or hate.
strong amorous feeling or desire; love; ardor.
strong sexual desire; lust.
an instance or experience of strong love or sexual desire.
a person toward whom one feels strong love or sexual desire.
a strong or extravagant fondness, enthusiasm, or desire for anything: a passion for music.
the object of such a fondness or desire: Accuracy became a passion with him.
an outburst of strong emotion or feeling: He suddenly broke into a passion of bitter words.
violent anger.
the state of being acted upon or affected by something external, especially something alien to one's nature or one's customary behavior (contrasted with action).
(often initial capital letter)Theology.
the sufferings of Christ on the cross or His sufferings subsequent to the Last Supper.
the narrative of Christ's sufferings as recorded in the Gospels.
Archaic. the sufferings of a martyr.
Origin of passion
1125–75; Middle English (<Old French ) <Medieval Latin passiōn- (stem of passiō) Christ's sufferings on the cross, any of the Biblical accounts of these (>late Old English passiōn), special use of Late Latin passiō suffering, submission, derivative of Latin passus, past participle of patī to suffer, submit; see -ion
She has a passion for helping her community and educating others through her writing.
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She also began allowing employees to focus on passion projects, and said doing so made everyone more excited about their jobs and more eager to perform well.
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For actress Maggie Siff, holed up in Maine with her family during the pandemic and rekindling old passions, America’s racial justice reckoning has been powerful.
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Nasirabadi Reza is an internet marketing specialist with a passion for writing and sharing valuable insights gained through years of experience in the industry.
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Most brands are still committed to the passion of it and a sponsorship strategy.
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Sex and passion; compulsive, life-changing, soul-altering sex, all to be made more explicit than he had done in the past.
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During the course of my time behind the bar I developed a passion for single malt Scotch.
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The younger brother would try everything in his power from a distance to subdue the roaring flames of passion.
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The song is about rage and fury and passion, and I had a lot of pain that I wanted to release.
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“There was a time when we both had passion for our work,” Miyazaki later says, referring to himself and Takahata.
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Cammock's hand flew to his belt, he took a step forward, his face suffused with passion.
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"I cannot expel the passion that rankles in my blood," Basil interposed darkly.
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Candido started from his chair, his face livid with passion, his eyes glaring.
Mortmain|Arthur Cheny Train
It is the passion of the body swamping the brain; it's an ape that has seized a gun, a beautiful modern gun.
The Passionate Friends|Herbert George Wells
Hence the motives of his conduct to Apaecides, strengthened as these were, in that instance, by his passion for Ione.
The Last Days of Pompeii|Edward George Bulwer-Lytton
British Dictionary definitions for passion (1 of 2)
passion
/ (ˈpæʃən) /
noun
ardent love or affection
intense sexual love
a strong affection or enthusiasm for an object, concept, etca passion for poetry
any strongly felt emotion, such as love, hate, envy, etc
a state or outburst of extreme angerhe flew into a passion
the object of an intense desire, ardent affection, or enthusiasm
an outburst expressing intense emotionhe burst into a passion of sobs
philosophy
any state of the mind in which it is affected by something external, such as perception, desire, etc, as contrasted with action
feelings, desires or emotions, as contrasted with reason
the sufferings and death of a Christian martyr
Word Origin for passion
C12: via French from Church Latin passiō suffering, from Latin patī to suffer
British Dictionary definitions for passion (2 of 2)
Passion
/ (ˈpæʃən) /
noun
the sufferings of Christ from the Last Supper to his death on the cross