Meaning of DISPASSIONATE
| Pronunciation: | | dis'pashunit
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| | Definition: | | [adj] unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice; "a journalist should be a dispassionate reporter of fact" |
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| | Synonyms: | | fair, impartial |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | aboveboard, abstract, affectless, aloof, anesthetized, apathetic, arctic, ataractic, autistic, blase, blunt, bovine, calm, candid, careless, casual, catatonic, chill, chilly, cold, cold as charity, cold-blooded, coldhearted, colorless, composed, cool, detached, devil-may-care, disinterested, disregardful, drugged, dull, easygoing, emotionally dead, emotionless, equable, equal, equitable, even, evenhanded, even-tempered, fair, frank, frigid, frosted, frosty, frozen, heartless, heedless, icy, immovable, impartial, impassible, impassive, impersonal, imperturbable, inattentive, incurious, indifferent, inexcitable, inirritable, insouciant, insusceptible, just, lackadaisical, levelheaded, level-headed, listless, lofty, mindless, negligent, neutral, nonchalant, nonemotional, objective, obtuse, Olympian, open, open-minded, out of touch, passionless, patient, peaceful, perfunctory, placid, pococurante, poker-faced, reckless, regardless, reposeful, self-absorbed, self-controlled, selfless, self-possessed, serene, sober, soulless, spiritless, steady, stoic, stolid, straightforward, tranquil, turned-off, unaffectionate, unanxious, unbiased, uncolored, unconcerned, undazzled, undiscriminating, undisturbable, unemotional, unexcitable, unexcited, unfeeling, unflappable, unimpassioned, unimpressionable, uninfluenced, uninterested, unirritable, unjaundiced, unloving, unmindful, unmoved, unnervous, unpassionate, unprejudiced, unprepossessed, unresponding, unresponsive, unruffled, unselfish, unsolicitous, unsusceptible, unswayed, unsympathetic, untouchable |
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