The word 'passions' is correct and usable in written English
You can use 'passions' when referring to an intense emotion or a strong feeling. For example, "She was driven by her passions to make a positive change in the world."
These passions have always been there, lurking; what's new is the outright shamelessness of their display.
You may not agree with Jones's bleak view that nothing much has changed and that women remain subject to men's passions, but you will enjoy the play's theatricality.
And while Holland conceded some regret at the passing of these passions, he is pleased that most fans are not "so blinkered any more".
But, as Raymond Aron once put it, "it is a denial of the experience of our century to suppose that men will sacrifice their passions to their interests".
European integration has long ceased to be animated by passions and ideals which could be viewed as distinctly Catholic.
Their instructions, when it comes to the magazine, is to follow their passions, which in the past few weeks has seen Barbara Ellen's extraordinary interview with Antony Hegarty, Emma John's search for love online and Will Storr's exposé of the prevalence of male rape in war.
India's latest flirtation with football is not even three months old and it appears the Indian Super League has managed to forge new passions for the sport, as well as rejuvenate dormant ones among the country's sporting fans.
His lifelong passions for nature and architecture led to innumerable trips to the north Norfolk coast, visits to most of the churches and country homes in Norfolk, and a list of the types of trees planted along Norwich streets.
His academic passions continued after compulsory retirement at 65, focusing on the philosophy of science and the relationship between science and religion.
"The struggle with nazism and fascism meant, especially among the clergy and church leaders, that nationalism had been seen as deviant and selfish and arousing darker, dangerous passions," he said.
In a generally lacklustre election season, Die Linke has managed to stir passions with its demands for a minimum wage and, above all, with its call for immediate withdrawal from Afghanistan – a war that is deeply unpopular.
