passion project

[pash-uhn proj-ekt]

noun

1. a personally fulfilling activity or undertaking pursued in one’s leisure time for pleasure, personal growth, emotional satisfaction, creative expression, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of passion project¹

First recorded in 2005–10

Example Sentences

Battalion Metals, which offers coins, bars and support for precious metals IRAs, is a passion project that Carlson said he hatched shortly after his acrimonious exit from Fox in 2023.

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A longtime passion project for filmmaker Park Chan-wook, this adaptation of a 1997 Donald Westlake novel somehow feels up-to-the-minute timely.

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Bar Franca, a passion project from one of the city’s elite dance music promoters, is a little sliver of re-growth in a neighborhood that desperately needs one.

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And some prominent critics, including my colleague Amy Nicholson, have written some thoughtful reviews of the movie, praising Del Toro’s lifelong passion project.

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If you’re saving for retirement, have an emergency fund and are participating in the stock market, putting money toward a hobby or a friend’s passion project is totally reasonable.

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