HyperDic: passion

English > 7 senses of the word *passion / Passion*:
NOUN	feeling	passion, passionateness	a strong feeling or emotion
	attribute	passion, heat, warmth	the trait of being intensely emotional
	state	passion, rage	something that is desired intensely
	motive	passion, mania, cacoethes	an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
	feeling	passion	a feeling of strong sexual desire
	cognition	passion, love	any object of warm affection or devotion
	state	Passion, Passion of Christ	the suffering of Jesus at the Crucifixion

passion / Passion > pronunciation
Sounds	pae'shahn
Rhymes	Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn...

English > *passion*: 7 senses > noun 1, feeling
Meaning	A strong feeling or emotion.
Synonym	passionateness
Narrower	ardor, ardour, fervor, fervour, fervency, fire, fervidness	Feelings of great warmth and intensity
	infatuation	A foolish and usually extravagant passion or love / love or admiration
	storminess	Violent passion in speech or action
	wildness, abandon	A feeling of extreme / extreme emotional intensity
Broader	feeling	The experiencing of affective and emotional states
Spanish	apasionamiento, pasión
Catalan	apassionament, passió

English > *passion*: 7 senses > noun 2, attribute
Meaning	The trait of being intensely emotional.
Synonyms	heat, warmth
Narrower	fieriness	A passionate and quick-tempered nature
Broader	emotionality, emotionalism	emotional nature or quality
Spanish	acaloramiento, apasionamiento, ardor, exaltación, fervor, pasión, vehemencia
Catalan	acalorament, apassionament, ardor, exaltacó, fervor, passió, vehemència

English > *passion*: 7 senses > noun 3, state
Meaning	Something that is desired intensely.
Synonym	rage
Broader	desire	Something that is desired
Spanish	ansia, pasión
Catalan	ànsia, passió

English > *passion*: 7 senses > noun 4, motive
Meaning	An irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action.
Synonyms	mania, cacoethes
Narrower	agromania	An intense desire to be alone or out in the open
	dipsomania, alcoholism, potomania	An intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess
	egomania	An intense and irresistible love for yourself and concern for your own needs
	kleptomania	An irresistible impulse to steal in the absence of any economic motive
	logorrhea, logomania	pathologically excessive (and often incoherent) talking
	monomania, possession	A mania restricted to one thing or idea
	necrophilia, necrophilism, necromania	An irresistible sexual attraction to dead bodies
	phaneromania	An irresistible desire to pick at superficial body parts (as in obsessive nail-biting)
	pyromania	An uncontrollable desire to set fire to things
	trichotillomania	An irresistible urge to pull out your own hair
Broader	irrational motive	A motivation that is inconsistent with reason or logic
Spanish	manía
Catalan	mania

English > *passion*: 7 senses > noun 5, feeling
Meaning	A feeling of strong sexual desire.
Broader	sexual desire, eros, concupiscence, physical attraction	A desire for sexual intimacy
Spanish	deseo, pasión
Catalan	desig, passió

English > *passion*: 7 senses > noun 6, cognition
Meaning	Any object of warm affection or devotion.
Example	"he has a passion for cock fighting"
Synonym	love
Broader	object	The focus of cognitions or feelings
Spanish	amor, devoción, pasión
Catalan	amor, devoció, passió

English > *Passion*: 7 senses > noun 7, state
Meaning	The suffering of Jesus at the Crucifixion.
Synonym	Passion of Christ
Broader	agony, suffering, excruciation	A state of acute pain
Spanish	pasión
Catalan	passió

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