dispassionate

[ dis-pash-uh-nit ]

/ dɪsˈpæʃ ə nɪt /

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adjective

free from or unaffected by passion; devoid of personal feeling or bias; impartial; calm: a dispassionate critic.

Nearby words

disparately, disparity, disparlure, dispart, dispassion, dispassionate, dispassionately, dispatch, dispatch boat, dispatch box, dispatch case

Origin of dispassionate

First recorded in 1585–95; dis-¹ + passionate

SYNONYMS FOR dispassionate

cool, unemotional, uninvolved; fair, just.

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Related forms

dis·pas·sion·ate·ly, adverbdis·pas·sion·ate·ness, nounun·dis·pas·sion·ate, adjectiveun·dis·pas·sion·ate·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for dispassionate

Now would seem like a strange time for a dispassionate, de-politicized immigration solution to emerge from the House.
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Whether you can get outside your own skin or sexuality and look at the world with a dispassionate eye.
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All written in a similar mode: authoritative, declamatory, distant, dispassionate, impersonal, and (allegedly) neutral.
The Dark Side of Wordless Internet Slang|James Poulos|January 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Precisely because of their obsession with numbers and data, they are dispassionate about social issues.
The Insurance Industry’s Liberal Turn|Daniel Gross|July 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST

This dispassionate examination of youthful passion is encased in a rather airless narrative structure.
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Cam viewed this great flow of flesh with dispassionate eyes.
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This fact alone should render a young husband very considerate, dispassionate, and thoughtful.
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Yet a dispassionate survey of the past shows that it is not only possible but probable if present conditions go on unchanged.
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I wish we could have her dispassionate opinion of that hideous old bore of an Aunt Sophy.
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To a dispassionate observer this transference of his attentions might have seemed a matter of small moment.
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British Dictionary definitions for dispassionate

dispassionate

/ (dɪsˈpæʃənɪt) /

adjective

devoid of or uninfluenced by emotion or prejudice; objective; impartial

Derived Forms

dispassionately, adverbdispassionateness, noun

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dispassionate

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dispassionate

adjective

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