Dictionary Definition
passion
Noun
1 strong feeling or emotion [syn: passionateness]
3 something that is desired intensely; "his rage
for fame destroyed him" [syn: rage]
5 a feeling of strong sexual desire
6 any object of warm affection or devotion; "the
theater was her first love" or "he has a passion for cock
fighting"; [syn: love]
7 the suffering of Jesus at the crucifixion [syn:
Passion
of Christ]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
Via French, from Latin passio, suffering, noun of action from perfect passive participle passus, suffered, from deponent verb pati, sufferPronunciation
- , /ˈpæʃən/, /"p
Extensive Definition
The term Passion may refer
to:
Emotion
- Passion (emotion), feeling very strongly about a subject or person, usually referring to feelings of intense desire and attraction
- Stoic Passions, various forms of emotional suffering
Christianity
- Passion (Christianity), the suffering of Jesus, leading up to the Crucifixion
- Passion play, a dramatic presentation about The Passion of the Christ
- The Passion of the Christ, a 2004 film directed by Mel Gibson
- Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ, 1989 recording by Peter Gabriel
- Passion - Sources, 1989 album by Peter Gabriel in support of the film Last Temptation of Christ
- Passion
music, musical compositions reflecting religious
suffering
- Johannes Passion, also known as "St. John Passion", 1724, by Johann Sebastian Bach
- St Matthew Passion (Bach), aka Matthäuspassion
Literature
Film, television, and theater
- Passion, a 1954 film directed by Allan Dwan
- Passion (1982 film), directed by Jean-Luc Godard
- Passion (musical), a 1994 stage musical directed by James Lapine, with music by Stephen Sondheim
- Passion, a 1995 film directed by Clarence Fok Yiu-leung
- "Passion" (Buffy episode), 1998 episode of the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Passions, an American television soap opera from 1999-2007
Music
- The Passions, a British band 1978-1983
- Passion Fruit (band), a German pop group, 1999-2001
- Passion (Geri Halliwell album), 2005 album by Geri Halliwell
- Passion (Murray Head album), 2002 album by Murray Head
- Passion (Ailyn album), 2006 album by Ailyn
- Passion (Lady Saw album), 1997 album by Lady Saw
- Passion (Regina Belle album), 1993 album by Regina Belle
- Passion (Lee Jung-hyun album), 2004 album by Lee Jung-hyun
- Passion, 2004 album by Johan Christher Schütz
- "Passion" (song), Utada Hikaru's 2005 music single for the video game Kingdom Hearts II
- "Passion", a song by The Flirts
- "Passion", an influential 1992 house music track by Gat Decor
- "Passion", a song by Johan Christher Schütz from his 2004 album Passion
- "Passion", a Rod Stewart song from his 1980 album Foolish Behaviour
- Passions (Telemann), by Georg Philipp Telemann
- Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ, 1989 album by Peter Gabriel and soundtrack to the film The Last Temptation of Christ
- Passion - Sources, 1989 compilation assembled by Peter Gabriel as a companion piece to the above.
- Passion (singer) Jeremy Manongdo
Other uses
- Passion Radio, Sussex Radio Station
- Passion Paradox, a theory about love relationships
- Passion Conferences, an annual gathering of Christian college students founded by Louie Giglio in 1997
- The Passion, 1987 book by English writer Jeanette Winterson
- Passion fruit, common name for Passiflora edulis
See also
- Lust
- Battle of Passchendaele, sometimes misspelled "Battle of Passiondale"
- Passendale, rural village in Belgium
passion in Danish:
Passion
passion in German: Passion
(Begriffsklärung)
passion in Spanish:
Pasión
passion in French:
Passion
passion in Icelandic:
Píslarsaga
passion in Italian:
Passione
passion in Japanese:
パッション
passion in Dutch:
Passie
passion in Polish: Pasja
(ujednoznacznienie)
passion in Portuguese:
Paixão
passion in Finnish:
Passio
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Alecto, Amor, Christian love, Eros, Megaera, Negro spiritual,
Nemesis, Platonic love,
Tisiphone, abandon, ache, aching, admiration, adoration, affect, affection, affectivity, agape, agitation, agony, amorousness, amour, andromania, animation, anthem, aphrodisia, appetence, appetency, appetite, appetition, ardency, ardor, aspiring, attachment, avidity, avidness, beloved, biological urge,
blow, bluster, bodily appetite, bodily
love, brawl, broil, brotherly love, brouhaha, bug, burning rage, cacophony, calenture, cantata, canticle, caritas, carnal desire, cathexis, chaos, charity, choice, chorale, church music, clawing, command, commitment, committedness, commotion, compulsion, conation, conatus, concern, concernment, concupiscence, conjugal
love, convulsion,
coveting, cramp, craving, craze, crazy fancy, cruciation, crucifixion, crush, curiosity, cut, decision, dedication, delirium, desideration, desire, determination, devotedness, devotion, devoutness, discretion, disposition, distress, disturbance, dolor, doxology, drive, eagerness, earnestness, ebullition, ecstasy, embroilment, emotion, emotional charge,
emotional shade, enthusiasm, eromania, eroticism, eroticomaniac, erotism, erotomania, eruption, excitement, experience, faith, faithful love, faithfulness, fanaticism, fancy, fantasy, fascination, feeling, feeling tone, ferment, fervency, fervidness, fervor, feverishness, fidelity, fieriness, fire, fire and fury, fit, flame, flap, fleshly lust, fomentation, fondness, foofaraw, foreboding, free choice, free
love, free will, free-lovism, frenzy, fume, furious rage, furor, furor uterinus, furore, fury, fuss, glow, goatishness, gospel, gospel music, grief, gust, gusto, gut reaction, gynecomania, heart, heartiness, heartthrob, heat, heatedness, hell, hell upon earth, hero, hero worship, heroine, holocaust, hope, horme, horniness, horror, hot blood, hot pants,
hubbub, hurrah, hurt, hymn, hymn-tune, hymnody, hymnology, hysteria, idol, idolatry, idolism, idolization, impassionedness,
impression, inclination, indecency, infantile
sexuality, infatuation, injury, intellectual curiosity,
intensity, intention, intentness, interest, intoxication, introit, itch, keenness, laceration, lancination, lasciviousness, lesion, libidinousness, libido, lickerishness, like, likes, liking, liveliness, longing, love, lovemaking, loyalty, lust, lust for learning, lustfulness, lyricism, madness, mania, manic-depressive psychosis,
married love, martyrdom, mass, matter of interest, mind, misery, motet, nasty blow, need, nightmare, nymphomania, objective, obsession, offertory, offertory sentence,
oratorio, orgasm, orgy, outbreak, outburst, paean, pain, pandemonium, pang, panting, paroxysm, partiality, pash, passionateness, passions, persecution, physical love,
pleasure, pleasure
principle, polymorphous perversity, popular regard, popularity, predilection, presentiment, profound
sense, prosodion,
prurience, pruriency, psalm, psalmody, purgatory, rack, racket, rage, rapture, ravishment, reaction, recessional, regard, relish, requiem, requiem mass, resolution, response, row, ruckus, rumpus, sacred music, satyriasis, satyrism, savor, seizure, sensation, sense, sensuality, sensuousness, sentiment, seriousness, sex, sexual desire, sexual longing,
sexual love, sexual passion, shine, shock, sincerity, sore, sore spot, soul, spasm, special interest, spirit, spiritedness, spiritual, spiritual love,
storm, storminess, stress, stress of life, stroke, suffering, taste, tearing passion, tempest, tempestuousness, tender
feeling, tender passion, tender spot, the Erinyes, the Eumenides,
the Furies, thirst for knowledge, throes, torment, torture, towering rage, transport, truelove, tumult, tumultuousness, turbulence, turmoil, undercurrent, uproar, upset, urge, uxoriousness, vehemence, velleity, venereal appetite,
verve, vigor, violence, vivaciousness, vivacity, volition, want, wanting, warmth, warmth of feeling,
weakness, whirlwind, white spiritual,
wildness, will, will and pleasure, will
power, wish, wish
fulfillment, worship,
wound, wrench, yearning, yen, zeal, zealotry, zealousness, zest, zestfulness