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passion (s) (noun), passions (pl)
1. A strong liking or desire for, or devotion to some object, activity, or concept; an extreme, compelling emotion; intense emotional drive or excitement, as shown in the following examples:
  • Great anger, rage, or fury; a crime that is motivated by an extreme emotion, especially sexual jealousy: The crime was committed in a fit of passion, also termed as a crime of passion.
  • Enthusiasm or fondness for; something a person enjoys or loves doing very much: Writing has always been Floyd's passion.
  • Strong love or affection; craze, mania: She spoke with passion about preserving the building.
  • Amorous feelings; strong sexual affection, sexual drive, or desire; love; lust: Stella never felt such passion for anyone except for Max.
2. Latin passion was chiefly a word used in Christian theology; when capitalized, Passion refers especially to the sufferings of Jesus Christ on the Cross (also it often includes His Agony in Gethsemane).

Every civilization is, among other things, an arrangement for domesticating the passions and settling them to do useful work.

—Aldous Huxley

Asthma is a disease that has practically the same symptoms as passion, except that with asthma it lasts longer.

—Anonymous

If we resist our passions, it is more from their weakness than from our strength.

—Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Passions are vices or virtues in their highest powers.

—Johann von Goethe
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