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[syn: dispassion, dispassionateness, dryness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dispassionate \Dis*pas"sion*ate\, a.
1. Free from passion; not warped, prejudiced, swerved, or
carried away by passion or feeling; judicial; calm;
composed.
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Wise and dispassionate men. --Clarendon.
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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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dispassionateness
n 1: objectivity and detachment; "her manner assumed a
dispassion and dryness very unlike her usual tone" [syn:
dispassion, dispassionateness, dryness]