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dispassionate

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dis⋅pas⋅sion⋅ate

  [dis-pash-uh-nit]
–adjective
free from or unaffected by passion; devoid of personal feeling or bias; impartial; calm: a dispassionate critic.
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Origin:
1585–95; dis- 1 + passionate

Related forms:
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)   
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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Word Origin & History

dispassionate 
1594, from dis- "the opposite of" + pasionate (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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