激げき情じょう

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

violent emotion; passion; fury

Refers to intense, often uncontrollable emotion such as rage, fervor, or overwhelming passion. Common in literary and news contexts.

彼かれは激げき情じょうに駆かられて叫さけんだ。
He shouted, driven by violent emotion.
その事じ件けんは国こく民みんの激げき情じょうを引ひき起おこした。
The incident stirred up public fury.

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Usage patterns

激げき情じょうに駆かられるto be driven by intense emotion
彼かれは激げき情じょうに駆かられて衝しょう動どう的てきな行こう動どうをとった。
Driven by intense emotion, he acted on impulse.
激げき情じょうを抑おさえるto suppress a violent emotion
彼かの女じょは必ひっ死しに激げき情じょうを抑おさえようとした。
She desperately tried to suppress her raging emotions.
激げき情じょうがこみ上あげるfor intense emotion to well up
彼かれの胸むねに激げき情じょうがこみ上あげてきた。
A surge of intense emotion welled up in his chest.
激げき情じょうに身みを任まかせるto give oneself over to violent emotion
彼かれは激げき情じょうに身みを任まかせて叫さけんだ。
He gave himself over to his fury and shouted.

Kanji

激violent, get excited, enraged
情feelings, emotion, passion

Related words

感かん情じょうN3
感情 is the general word for any emotion, while 激情 specifically describes an intense, often uncontrollable surge of feeling like rage or passion.
情じょう熱ねつN1
情熱 refers to enthusiastic, usually positive passion or zeal, whereas 激情 can be destructive or overwhelming and is not necessarily positive.
激げき怒ど
激怒 means intense anger specifically, while 激情 covers any violent emotion, not just anger.

Opposites

平へい静せい
平静 describes calm, composed emotional stillness, the opposite of the violent surge of feeling in 激情.

Don't confuse with

激げっ高こう
激昂 describes the act of becoming violently agitated or excited, while 激情 is the resulting intense emotion itself, not the process of rising anger.

Etymology

Compound of 激 (intense, violent) and 情 (emotion, feeling). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the kanji combination directly conveys the meaning of intense emotion.