dispassionate
pronunciation
How to pronounce dispassionate in British English:
UK [dɪsˈpæʃənət]
How to pronounce dispassionate in American English:
US [dɪsˈpæʃənɪt]
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- Adjective:
- unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice
Word Origin
- dispassionate (adj.)
- 1590s, from dis- "the opposite of" (see dis-) + passionate. Related: Dispassionately.
Antonym
Example
- 1. They are engaged but dispassionate .
- 2. A word often associated with cold , dispassionate , hardened , and imperturbable .
- 3. Mr ryback has done a good job maintaining a balance between dispassionate inquiry and moral revulsion .
- 4. Look at the data ; calculate the probabilities ; make a dispassionate calibrated decision .
- 5. But when biblical exegesis replaces the solemn , dispassionate weighing of evidence you know that things have gone badly wrong .