Dispassionate

adj, verb

adj, verb ·4 syllables ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To free from passion. obsolete, rare
Adjective
  1. 1
    Not showing, and not affected by, emotion, bias, or prejudice.

    "Yes, I suppose the news should just be a dispassionate list of all the events that have occurred the world over during the day. That would be good. Except, of course, it would take forever."

Adjective
  1. 1
    unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
impartialunpassionateaboveboardabstemiousabstractaffectless

Example

More examples

"Tom always sounds so dispassionate, no matter what he's talking about."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From dis- + passionate.

Etymology 2

From dispassion + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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