'Dispassionate' definitions:
Definition of 'dispassionate'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice; "a journalist should be a dispassionate reporter of fact" [syn: dispassionate, cold-eyed]
Definition of 'Dispassionate'
From: GCIDE
- Dispassionate \Dis*pas"sion*ate\, a.
- 1. Free from passion; not warped, prejudiced, swerved, or carried away by passion or feeling; judicial; calm; composed. [1913 Webster]
- Wise and dispassionate men. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dispassionate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aboveboard,
- abstract,
- affectless,
- aloof,
- anesthetized,
- apathetic,
- arctic,
- ataractic,
- autistic,
- blase,
- blunt,
- bovine,
- calm,
- candid,
- careless,
- casual,
- catatonic,
- chill,
- chilly,
- cold,
- cold as charity,
- cold-blooded,
- coldhearted,
- colorless,
- composed,
- cool,
- detached,
- devil-may-care,
- disinterested,
- disregardful,
- drugged,
- dull,
- easygoing,
- emotionally dead,
- emotionless,
- equable,
- equal,
- equitable,
- even,
- even-tempered,
- evenhanded,
- fair,
- frank,
- frigid,
- frosted,
- frosty,
- frozen,
- heartless,
- heedless,
- icy,
- immovable,
- impartial,
- impassible,
- impassive,
- impersonal,
- imperturbable,
- inattentive,
- incurious,
- indifferent,
- inexcitable,
- inirritable,
- insouciant,
- insusceptible,
- just,
- lackadaisical,
- level-headed,
- levelheaded,
- listless,
- lofty,
- mindless,
- negligent,
- neutral,
- nonchalant,
- nonemotional,
- objective,
- obtuse,
- Olympian,
- open,
- open-minded,
- out of touch,
- passionless,
- patient,
- peaceful,
- perfunctory,
- placid,
- pococurante,
- poker-faced,
- reckless,
- regardless,
- reposeful,
- self-absorbed,
- self-controlled,
- self-possessed,
- selfless,
- serene,
- sober,
- soulless,
- spiritless,
- steady,
- stoic,
- stolid,
- straightforward,
- tranquil,
- turned-off,
- unaffectionate,
- unanxious,
- unbiased,
- uncolored,
- unconcerned,
- undazzled,
- undiscriminating,
- undisturbable,
- unemotional,
- unexcitable,
- unexcited,
- unfeeling,
- unflappable,
- unimpassioned,
- unimpressionable,
- uninfluenced,
- uninterested,
- unirritable,
- unjaundiced,
- unloving,
- unmindful,
- unmoved,
- unnervous,
- unpassionate,
- unprejudiced,
- unprepossessed,
- unresponding,
- unresponsive,
- unruffled,
- unselfish,
- unsolicitous,
- unsusceptible,
- unswayed,
- unsympathetic,
- untouchable