dispassionate
adjective
dis·pas·sion·ate
(ˌ)dis-ˈpa-sh(ə-)nət 
: not influenced by strong feeling
especially
: not affected by personal or emotional involvement
a dispassionate critic
a dispassionate approach to an issue
dispassionately
adverb
dispassionateness
noun
Examples of dispassionate in a Sentence
Journalists aim to be dispassionate observers.
He spoke in a dispassionate tone about the accident.
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In precise, dispassionate prose, Tsushima evokes complex emotions—longing, grief, loneliness.
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Katie Kitamura, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
However, a dispassionate parting doesn’t suit characters who have often worked so hard just to display any feelings at all.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 7 July 2025
The challenge for both author and museum was telling a rich wartime story without reducing it to the dispassionate details of a military reenactment.
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With both energy and water being indispensable commodities for future growth of these two societies, hope springs eternal that cooler, more dispassionate heads will eventually prevail and these two nuclear powers will cooperate for the benefit of the entire region.
—Daniel Markind, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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Katie Kitamura, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
However, a dispassionate parting doesn’t suit characters who have often worked so hard just to display any feelings at all.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 7 July 2025
The challenge for both author and museum was telling a rich wartime story without reducing it to the dispassionate details of a military reenactment.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2025
With both energy and water being indispensable commodities for future growth of these two societies, hope springs eternal that cooler, more dispassionate heads will eventually prevail and these two nuclear powers will cooperate for the benefit of the entire region.
—Daniel Markind, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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“Dispassionate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dispassionate. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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dispassionate
adjective
dis·pas·sion·ate
(ˈ)dis-ˈpash-(ə-)nət
dispassionately
adverb
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