dispassionate

[dis-pash-uh-nit]

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adjective

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

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Origin of dispassionate

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

SYNONYMS FOR dispassionate

cool, unemotional, uninvolved; fair, just.

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Related formsdis·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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Dispassionately observing from the far corner of the chamber balcony stood still more lobbyists.
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"A good teacher could make her worth one hundred dollars a week in six lessons," said Lester, dispassionately.
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And she could at last view him dispassionately; there was triumph in that.
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As if dispassionately, he laid before Nina the history of their acquaintance, and also his 'other obligations.'
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He rose and opening a drawer in the table took out a revolver and held it a moment in his hand, looking at it dispassionately.
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As they parted he let fall dispassionately: She was a mighty handsome woman.
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British Dictionary definitions for dispassionately

dispassionate

adjective

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

Derived Formsdispassionately, adverbdispassionateness, noun

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Word Origin and History for dispassionately

dispassionate

adj.

1590s, from dis- "the opposite of" (see dis-) + passionate. Related: Dispassionately.

dispassionate

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dispassionate

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