passion
Usage
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Passion is strong or violent emotion, often so powerful that it takes over the mind or judgment: stirred to a passion of anger. Emotion is applied to an intensified feeling: agitated by emotion. Feeling is a general term for a subjective point of view as well as for specific sensations: to be guided by feeling rather than by facts; a feeling of sadness, of rejoicing. Sentiment is a mixture of thought and feeling, especially refined or tender feeling: Recollections are often colored by sentiment.
Example Sentences
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Hansen once cited a childhood encounter with a photograph of Neil Armstrong on the Moon as the seed of his passion for space exploration.
From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026
Democracy brings with it popular will, and implies popular passion, and the possibility of excess.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
He wrote it would take "a lot of strength, passion, and conviction" to restore his country "back where it deserves to be".
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
“We appreciate the passion and engagement from the Barbie community,” said a spokesperson from Mischief Management.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
Her charisma and passion roused the workers, as she cared for the sick and helped mothers in childbirth.
From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
