What's the word's mean? "passion"
passion and passionate

It's a positive word or negative word?

I find dict to find it have two means, enthusiasm and anger, but they are completely different word.

Question

What's the word's mean? "passion"
passion and passionate

It's a positive word or negative word?

I find dict to find it have two means, enthusiasm and anger,  but they are completely different word.

Answer

Passion means a very powerful feeling which could be a positive feeling such as love or negative feeling such as anger. There are clearer sample sentences in the following link:

http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/passion

Answer

The dictionary listed both enthusiasm and anger because passion can be found in both.

For example,  "I have great passion for Barcelona's futbol team."  In other words, I love or really enjoy Barcelona's futbol team.  I have great enthusiasm for the team.

Now for anger, let's use the same example.  "I have great passion for Barcelona's futbol team."  If the team does well and wins than I am really happy.  But, if the team does not play well and loses, I'm upset or angry.

In both situations, my passion for Barcelona futbol causes me to either be happy and filled with enthusiasm towards the team or upset or angry with the team.  So passion can allow you to be both angry or enthusiastic towards something.

Hope that helps you.

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