激情|げきじょうgekijou[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounviolent emotion; passion; fury
   我々われわれは激情げきじょうを抑おさえねばならない。↗

   We must control our passions.

• Synonym情熱じょうねつNeutralEveryday word for passion; warm and positive, for lasting devotion to a cause or interest, while 「激情」 is a brief, violent surge of feeling.
• Synonym熱情ねつじょうWrittenIn written/formal prose, burning zeal for something; more about positive commitment than 「激情」.
• SynonymパッションCasualColloquial loanword for passion and drive; lighter and trendier in feel than 「激情」.
• Related熱血ねっけつCasualColloquial; boiling youthful zeal and a strong sense of justice, as in 「熱血教師」; describes a personality rather than a passing emotion.
• Related熱気ねっきNeutralHot air, or the excited atmosphere of a crowd or venue; not an individual's emotion, unlike 「激情」.
• Related狂乱きょうらんWrittenWritten/formal; going mad and losing control, also figuratively of market chaos; more out of control than 「激情」.
• RelatedヒステリーCasualColloquial loanword; uncontrolled, noisy emotional outbursts — more negative than 「激情」.
• Related逆上ぎゃくじょうNeutralLosing your head in a sudden frenzy, typically as anger boils over; it centers on that loss of self-control, while 「激情」 names the intense feeling itself.
• Related癇癪かんしゃくCasualColloquial; a hot temper or a flare-up of anger, often in children; smaller and pettier than 「激情」.
• Related情炎じょうえんWrittenRare written/formal word; blazing desire, leaning more toward carnal passion than 「激情」.
• Related情火じょうかWrittenRare written/formal word; the fire of love and desire, close to 「情炎」; distinctly literary.
• Related熱誠ねっせいWrittenWritten/formal; earnest, sincere devotion — an attitude of wholehearted sincerity, without the impulsive force of 「激情」.
• Related客気かっきWrittenRare written/formal word; youthful ardor and rashness — hot-headed eagerness to rush ahead, a different focus from 「激情」.
• Antonym冷静れいせいNeutralAntonym: calm and composed, never flustered — the opposite of 「激情」's surging emotion.
• Antonym平静へいせいWrittenAntonym, written/formal; a tranquil, settled state of mind, opposite to 「激情」's churning emotions.

Use 「激情」 for a sudden, violent surge of emotion, as in 「激情に駆られる」 or 「激情的な」. For lasting devotion, pick 「情熱」; for anger that makes you lose your head, 「逆上」. The opposite is 「冷静」. Others cover narrower shades: crowd atmosphere (「熱気」), frenzy (「狂乱」), tantrums (「癇癪」), and rare literary words for burning desire (「情炎」, 「情火」).

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1. 激はげしく高たかぶった感情かんじょう。