Definition of passion

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Passion (n.) The state of being acted upon; subjection to an external agent or influence; a passive condition; -- opposed to action.

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Heteronomy :: Heteronomy (n.) A term applied by Kant to those laws which are imposed on us from without, or the violence done to us by our passions, wants, or desires..
Dormant :: Dormant (a.) Sleeping; as, a dormant animal; hence, not in action or exercise; quiescent; at rest; in abeyance; not disclosed, asserted, or insisted on; as, dormant passions; dormant claims or titles..
Incompassion :: Incompassion (n.) Want of compassion or pity.
Inflame :: Inflame (v. t.) Fig.: To kindle or intensify, as passion or appetite; to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat; as, to inflame desire..
Kindle :: Kindle (v. t.) Fig.: To inflame, as the passions; to rouse; to provoke; to excite to action; to heat; to fire; to animate; to incite; as, to kindle anger or wrath; to kindle the flame of love, or love into a flame..
Stay :: Stay (n.) Restraint of passion; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
Apathetical :: Apathetical (a.) Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion; passionless; indifferent.
O :: O (interj.) An exclamation used in calling or directly addressing a person or personified object; also, as an emotional or impassioned exclamation expressing pain, grief, surprise, desire, fear, etc..
Pathopoela :: Pathopoela (n.) A speech, or figure of speech, designed to move the passion..
Fume :: Fume (n.) Rage or excitement which deprives the mind of self-control; as, the fumes of passion..
Rouse :: Rouse (v.) To excite to lively thought or action from a state of idleness, languor, stupidity, or indifference; as, to rouse the faculties, passions, or emotions..
Cold-hearted :: Cold-hearted (a.) Wanting passion or feeling; indifferent.
Hot-blooded :: Hot-blooded (a.) Having hot blood; excitable; high-spirited; irritable; ardent; passionate.
Basigynium :: Basigynium (n.) The pedicel on which the ovary of certain flowers, as the passion flower, is seated; a carpophore or thecaphore..
Quiet :: Quiet (v. t.) To calm; to appease; to pacify; to lull; to allay; to tranquillize; as, to quiet the passions; to quiet clamors or disorders; to quiet pain or grief..
Impatience :: Impatience (n.) The quality of being impatient; want of endurance of pain, suffering, opposition, or delay; eagerness for change, or for something expected; restlessness; chafing of spirit; fretfulness; passion; as, the impatience of a child or an invalid..
Incompassionate :: Incompassionate (a.) Not compassionate; void of pity or of tenderness; remorseless.
Flaming :: Flaming (a.) Ardent; passionate; burning with zeal; irrepressibly earnest; as, a flaming proclomation or harangue..
Bosom :: Bosom (n.) The breast, considered as the seat of the passions, affections, and operations of the mind; consciousness; secret thoughts..
Pitiable :: Pitiable (a.) Deserving pity; wworthy of, or exciting, compassion; miserable; lamentable; piteous; as, pitiable persons; a pitiable condition; pitiable wretchedness..
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