free from passion, emotion, or bias; calm; impartial
adjective
The definition of dispassionate is someone who is calm, not influenced by emotions or without bias.
An example of someone dispassionate is a good judge.
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dispassionate
adjective
Not influenced by strong feelings or emotions; impartial: a dispassionate reporter.
Related Forms:
- dis·pas′sion·ate·ly
adverb
- dis·pas′sion·ate·ness
noun
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Adjective
(comparative more dispassionate, superlative most dispassionate)
Origin
dis- + passionate
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Sentence Examples
- It need not affect the opinion of dispassionate students.
- Henry Clay, contrasting him with Jefferson, said that Jefferson had more genius, Madison more judgment and common sense; that Jefferson was a visionary and a theorist; Madison cool, dispassionate, practical, and safe.'
- Those of Bishop Watson and Lord Hailes were the best, but simply because they contented themselves with a dispassionate exposition of the general argument in favour of Christianity.
- That was Howie to a tee; totally dispassionate and prosaic, ready to join the gang and do someone else's bidding but seldom a decision maker.
- It is taken, strangely enough, from an Israelite source, but the tone of the whole is quite dispassionate and objective.
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