dispassionate
adjective
dis·pas·sion·ate
(ˌ)dis-ˈpa-sh(ə-)nət 
: not influenced by strong feeling
especially
: not affected by personal or emotional involvement
a dispassionate critic
a dispassionate approach to an issue
dispassionately
adverb
dispassionateness
noun
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Examples of dispassionate in a Sentence
Journalists aim to be dispassionate observers.
He spoke in a dispassionate tone about the accident.
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Writers’ obsessions can illuminate their subjects in ways that more dispassionate approaches can’t.
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Isaac Butler, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2024
David Hume chimed in, two centuries later, to argue that judgments of right and wrong emanate from emotion and social conditioning, not the dispassionate application of reason.
—Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
Her protagonist, Sadie Smith, is another dispassionate observer, but one who appears to have far more independence and agency than her predecessors.
—Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 3 Sep. 2024
The resulting video showed millions of non-Latino Americans what has made Ramos a star: an ability to seem like both a dispassionate arbiter of the news and an outspoken proxy for his viewers.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2024
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Isaac Butler, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2024
David Hume chimed in, two centuries later, to argue that judgments of right and wrong emanate from emotion and social conditioning, not the dispassionate application of reason.
—Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
Her protagonist, Sadie Smith, is another dispassionate observer, but one who appears to have far more independence and agency than her predecessors.
—Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 3 Sep. 2024
The resulting video showed millions of non-Latino Americans what has made Ramos a star: an ability to seem like both a dispassionate arbiter of the news and an outspoken proxy for his viewers.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2024
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“Dispassionate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dispassionate. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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dispassionate
adjective
dis·pas·sion·ate
(ˈ)dis-ˈpash-(ə-)nət
dispassionately
adverb
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