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dis⋅pas⋅sion⋅ate
[dis-pash-uh-nit] 
ə
–adjective
| free from or unaffected by passion; devoid of personal feeling or bias; impartial; calm: a dispassionate critic. |
Related forms:
dis⋅pas⋅sion⋅ate⋅ly, adverb
dis⋅pas⋅sion⋅ate⋅ness, noun
Synonyms:
cool, unemotional, uninvolved; fair, just.
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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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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dispassionate
1594, from dis- "the opposite of" + pasionate (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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