vehemence
noun/ˈviːəmən(t)s/ · /ˈviːhəmən(t)s/
Etymology From Middle English vehemens, vemance, from Old French vëemence, vehemence, from Latin vehementia (“eagerness, strength”), from vehemens (“eager”).
1
Usually An intense concentration, force or power.
- The bear attacked with vengeance and vehemence.
2
Usually A wild or turbulent ferocity or fury.
- His response was bursting with hatred and vehemence.
- This worrisome tendency was on display in recent weeks as Israelis reacted with striking vehemence to remarks by UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, and US ambassador to Israel, Daniel Shapiro.2016 February 6, Israel’s prickliness blocks the long quest for peace, “The National”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
3
Usually Eagerness, fervor, excessive strong feeling.
- I could not wonder at the vehemence of her care, her very soul was tenderness […]1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter I, in The Last Man. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 8: