'Dispassion' definitions:
Definition of 'dispassion'
(from WordNet)
noun
Objectivity and detachment; "her manner assumed a dispassion and dryness very unlike her usual tone" [syn: dispassion, dispassionateness, dryness]
Definition of 'Dispassion'
From: GCIDE
- Dispassion \Dis*pas"sion\, n. Freedom from passion; an undisturbed state; apathy. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dispassion'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abnegation,
- abstinence,
- accidia,
- acedia,
- aloofness,
- anesthesia,
- apathy,
- ataraxia,
- ataraxy,
- autism,
- benumbedness,
- blah,
- blahs,
- bovinity,
- calm,
- calmness,
- carelessness,
- casualness,
- catatonia,
- chill,
- chilliness,
- cold blood,
- cold heart,
- coldheartedness,
- coldness,
- comatoseness,
- conservatism,
- constraint,
- continence,
- control,
- cool,
- coolness,
- deadpan,
- detachment,
- disinterest,
- disinterestedness,
- dispassionateness,
- disregard,
- disregardfulness,
- dullness,
- easy temper,
- easygoingness,
- emotional deadness,
- emotionlessness,
- even temper,
- evenness,
- frigidity,
- frostiness,
- gentleness,
- golden mean,
- good temper,
- happy medium,
- heartlessness,
- hebetude,
- heedlessness,
- hopelessness,
- iciness,
- immovability,
- impartiality,
- impassibility,
- impassiveness,
- impassivity,
- imperturbability,
- imperturbableness,
- inappetence,
- inattention,
- incuriosity,
- indifference,
- indiscrimination,
- inexcitability,
- inexcitableness,
- inirritability,
- insouciance,
- judiciousness,
- juste-milieu,
- lack of affect,
- lack of appetite,
- lack of feeling,
- lack of touch,
- lackadaisicalness,
- languidness,
- lenity,
- lethargicalness,
- lethargy,
- listlessness,
- loftiness,
- meden agan,
- middle way,
- mildness,
- mindlessness,
- moderateness,
- moderation,
- moderationism,
- negligence,
- neutrality,
- nonchalance,
- nonviolence,
- nothing in excess,
- numbness,
- objectivity,
- obtuseness,
- Olympian detachment,
- pacifism,
- passionlessness,
- passiveness,
- passivity,
- patience,
- phlegm,
- phlegmaticalness,
- phlegmaticness,
- plucklessness,
- pococurantism,
- poker face,
- prudence,
- recklessness,
- regardlessness,
- repose,
- resignation,
- resignedness,
- restraint,
- self-abnegation,
- self-absorption,
- self-control,
- self-denial,
- self-restraint,
- selflessness,
- serenity,
- sloth,
- sluggishness,
- smooth temper,
- sobriety,
- sopor,
- soporifousness,
- soullessness,
- spiritlessness,
- spunklessness,
- stability,
- steadiness,
- stoicism,
- stolidity,
- straight face,
- stupefaction,
- stupor,
- supineness,
- temperance,
- temperateness,
- torpidity,
- torpidness,
- torpor,
- tranquillity,
- unanxiousness,
- unbias,
- unbiasedness,
- unconcern,
- unemotionalism,
- unexcessiveness,
- unexcitability,
- unextravagance,
- unextremeness,
- unfeeling,
- unfeelingness,
- unimpressibility,
- unimpressionableness,
- unirritableness,
- unmindfulness,
- unnervousness,
- unpassionateness,
- unresponsiveness,
- unselfishness,
- unsolicitousness,
- unsusceptibility,
- unsympatheticness,
- untouchability,
- via media,
- withdrawal,
- withdrawnness