dispassion

American  

[dis-pash-uhn] / dɪsˈpæʃ ən /

noun

1. the state or quality of being unemotional or emotionally uninvolved.

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dispassion British  

/ dɪsˈpæʃən /

noun

1. detachment; objectivity

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Etymology

Origin of dispassion

First recorded in 1685–95; dis- ¹ + passion

Example Sentences

She also frequently fixes her camera on characters as they impassively recount stories of past traumas, such as an abortion and an apostasy; the sedateness of her shots mirrors the dispassion of their accounts.

From New York Times

Cocherel had been singled out by the Baron de Vastey in his treatise on the horrors of slavery, but in flowing handwriting, the commissioner’s note taker recorded the marquis’s losses with bureaucratic dispassion:

From New York Times

He might have explored their prejudices with more dispassion.

From Washington Post

Pans and zooms show the same dispassion that his characters profess.

From New York Times

Trust between doctors and patients depends on the exercise of medical, not moral, judgment, and we all benefit from their dispassion.

From Washington Post