Dispassionate
[dɪs'pæʃ(ə)nət] or [dɪs'pæʃənət]
Definition
(adj.) unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice; 'a journalist should be a dispassionate reporter of fact' .
Inputed by Dustin--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Free from passion; not warped, prejudiced, swerved, or carried away by passion or feeling; judicial; calm; composed.
(a.) Not dictated by passion; not proceeding from temper or bias; impartial; as, dispassionate proceedings; a dispassionate view.
Checker: Thelma
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Unimpassioned, imperturbable, inexcitable, unexcited, composed, collected, temperate, undisturbed, unruffled, quiet, calm, cool, staid, serene, sober.[2]. Impartial, unbiassed, disinterested, indifferent.
Typist: Wanda
Examples
- Jane, I am not a gentle-tempered man--you forget that: I am not long- enduring; I am not cool and dispassionate. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- We are not,' roared Mr. Pickwick, in a tone which, to any dispassionate listener, carried conviction with it. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Her voice was always dispassionate and tense, and perfectly confident. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- You are not impulsive, you are not romantic, you are accustomed to view everything from the strong dispassionate ground of reason and calculation. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Also, the mercer, as a second cousin, was dispassionate enough to feel curiosity. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Pardon me, returned Mr. Vholes, going on in exactly the same inward and dispassionate manner. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Typist: Wanda