dispassionate

[ dis-pash-uh-nit ]
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adjective
  1. free from or unaffected by passion; devoid of personal feeling or bias; impartial; calm: a dispassionate critic.

Origin of dispassionate

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

Other words for dispassionate

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

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How to use dispassionate in a sentence

  • It must be evident to every intelligent and dispassionate man that these declaimers contradicted themselves.

  • Winston shivered a little at the dispassionate brutality of the speech, and then checked the anger that came upon him.

    Winston of the Prairie | Harold Bindloss
  • The form in which his religion was cast might suit some natures, but was too cold and dispassionate for general use.

    The English Church in the Eighteenth Century | Charles J. Abbey and John H. Overton
  • Charnock did not care if he brought up among them or not, and watched with a curious dispassionate interest.

    The Girl From Keller's | Harold Bindloss
  • I do not know that I can be entirely dispassionate as I look back over this incident in my life.

    The Wasted Generation | Owen Johnson

British Dictionary definitions for dispassionate

dispassionate

/ (dɪsˈpæʃənɪt) /


adjective
  1. devoid of or uninfluenced by emotion or prejudice; objective; impartial

Derived forms of dispassionate

  • dispassionately, adverb
  • dispassionateness, noun

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