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.

Origin of dispassionate

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

SYNONYMS FOR dispassionate

cool, unemotional, uninvolved; fair, just.

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OTHER WORDS FROM dispassionate

dis·pas·sion·ate·ly, adverb dis·pas·sion·ate·ness, noun un·dis·pas·sion·ate, adjective un·dis·pas·sion·ate·ly, adverb

Words nearby dispassionate

disparate, disparity, disparlure, dispart, dispassion, dispassionate, dispatch, dispatch boat, dispatch box, dispatch case, dispatch rider

Example sentences from the Web for dispassionate

Now would seem like a strange time for a dispassionate, de-politicized immigration solution to emerge from the House.

The House GOP’s Big Immigration Fail |James Poulos |June 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
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.

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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.

What a Young Husband Ought to Know |Sylvanus Stall
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 of dispassionate

dispassionately, adverb dispassionateness, noun

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