ruling passion
noun
Roget 606:
obstinateness
etc.
adj.;
obstinacy,
tenacity;
cussedness [U.S.];
perseverance
etc.
604.1;
immovability;
old school;
inflexibility
etc.
(hardness)
323;
obduracy,
obduration†;
dogged resolution;
resolution
etc.
604;
ruling passion;
blind side.
self-will,
contumacy,
perversity;
pervicacy†,
pervicacity†;
indocility†.
bigotry,
intolerance,
dogmatism;
opiniatry†,
opiniativeness;
fixed idea
etc.
(prejudgment)
481;
fanaticism,
zealotry,
infatuation,
monomania;
opinionatedness opinionativeness†.
mule;
opinionist†,
opinionatist†,
opiniator†,
opinator†;
stickler,
dogmatist;
bigot;
zealot,
enthusiast,
fanatic.
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Roget 820:
affections,
affect;
character,
qualities,
disposition,
nature,
spirit,
tone;
temper,
temperament;
diathesis†,
idiosyncrasy;
cast of mind,
cast of soul,
habit of mind,
habit of soul,
frame of mind,
frame of soul;
predilection,
turn,
natural turn of mind;
bent,
bias,
predisposition,
proneness,
proclivity,
propensity,
propenseness†,
propension†,
propendency†;
vein,
humor,
mood,
grain,
mettle;
sympathy
etc.
(love)
897.
soul,
heart,
breast,
bosom,
inner man;
heart's core,
heart's strings,
heart's blood;
heart of hearts,
bottom of one's heart,
penetralia mentis [Lat.];
secret and inmost recesses of the heart,
cockles of one's heart;
inmost heart,
inmost soul;
backbone.
passion,
pervading spirit;
ruling passion,
master passion;
furore†;
fullness of the heart,
heyday of the blood,
flesh and blood,
flow of soul.
energy,
fervor,
fire,
force.
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