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passion
noun as in strong emotion
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noun as in adoration, love
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noun as in strong interest
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One of Prescott's passions was devolution for England's regions - to follow Scotland and Wales - though the elected regional assemblies he envisaged would have had fewer powers.
The charity, Shine On With Harvey Owen, is inspired by this passion and will raise money for other music and arts charities that help disadvantaged young people.
The composer, who played flute with West African musicians in the 1980s and has a lifelong passion for jazz and African American musical traditions, was excited by the opportunity to work on “The Piano Lesson.”
His passion and burly style of delivery were constant features.
“You can feel that passion for this game,” linebacker Carson Schwesinger said.
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What are other ways to say passion?
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.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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