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dis·pas·sion·ate 
[dis-pash-uh-nit] Pronunciation Key
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[dis-pash-uh-nit] Pronunciation Key –adjective
| free from or unaffected by passion; devoid of personal feeling or bias; impartial; calm: a dispassionate critic. |
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dis·pas·sion·ate·ly, adverb
dis·pas·sion·ate·ness, noun
—Synonyms cool, unemotional, uninvolved; fair, just.
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| dis·pas·sion·ate
(dĭs-pāsh'ə-nĭt) Pronunciation Key
adj. Devoid of or unaffected by passion, emotion, or bias. See Synonyms at fair1. dis·pas'sion·ate·ly adv., dis·pas'sion·ate·ness n. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
dispassionate
dispassionate
1594, from dis- "the opposite of" + pasionate (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| dispassionate | |
adjective | |
| unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice; "a journalist should be a dispassionate reporter of fact" |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Dispassionate
Dis*pas"sion*ate\, a. 1. Free from passion; not warped, prejudiced, swerved, or carried away by passion or feeling; judicial; calm; composed. Wise and dispassionate men. --Clarendon. 2. Not dictated by passion; not proceeding from temper or bias; impartial; as, dispassionate proceedings; a dispassionate view. Syn: Calm; cool; composed serene; unimpassioned; temperate; moderate; impartial; unruffled. -- Dis*pas"sion*ate*ly, adv. -- Dis*pas"sion*ate*ness, n.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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