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1. | [ noun ] strong feeling or emotion | |
Synonyms: | passionateness | |
Related terms: | feeling fire infatuation wildness | |
2. | [ noun ] intense passion or emotion | |
Synonyms: | heat warmth | |
Related terms: | emotionality inflame | |
3. | [ noun ] (sexuality) a feeling of strong sexual desire | |
Related terms: | sexual_desire | |
4. | [ noun ] (psychology) an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action | |
Synonyms: | mania cacoethes | |
Related terms: | irrational_motive egomania necrophilia kleptomania logorrhea monomania dipsomania phaneromania pyromania trichotillomania agromania | |
5. | [ noun ] any object of warm affection or devotion | |
Synonyms: | love | |
Examples: | "the theater was her first love" or "he has a passion for cock fighting" |
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Related terms: | object love | |
6. | [ noun ] something that is desired intensely | |
Synonyms: | rage | |
Examples: | "his rage for fame destroyed him" |
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Related terms: | desire | |
7. | [ noun ] (medicine) the suffering of Jesus at the crucifixion | |
Synonyms: | passion_of_christ | |
Related terms: | agony | |
Similar spelling: |
Pasion Payson Paxson Passino pass_on passim pack_on |