Mispassion

Quick meaning: Mispassion is a noun meaning (rare) Wrong passion or feeling.

Meaning

(rare) Wrong passion or feeling.

Example Sentences

But I say unto you, that not only the outward act of murder is a breach of the law, but the inward mispassion of the heart also: […]

I thought back to my father’s manual and the line drawings of body parts. I thought of my bosses and lost boyfriends, of passion and mispassion. Then I told her the truth, about penises and where they fit into women, about eggs and sperm and embryos.

Hill believes that people do things either from a good set of motives like serving the customer fairly or a bad set of motives (which includes the motive of greed). Hill also tends to believe in a valid passion for business vs a fanatical mispassion which some business dictators tend to radiate.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include misaffection, mislike, mispursuit, misprize, misdesire, misopinion.

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