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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
dis·pas·sion·ate       [dis-pash-uh-nit] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
free from or unaffected by passion; devoid of personal feeling or bias; impartial; calm: a dispassionate critic.

[Origin: 1585–95; dis-1 + passionate]

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

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
dispassionate 
1594, from dis- "the opposite of" + pasionate (q.v.).

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dispassionate

adjective
unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice; "a journalist should be a dispassionate reporter of fact" 

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.

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