dispassionate
adjective
Synonyms
- candid
- disinterested
- equal
- equitable
- evenhanded
- fair
- impartial
- indifferent
- just
- nonpartisan
- objective
- square
- unbiased
- unprejudiced
Example Sentences
River Clegg, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2022 His approach was logical and dispassionate, encouraging us to listen with open minds to what Ali had to say. Kareem Abdul-jabbar, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2022 Through methodical, dispassionate testimony, Hutchinson brought the committee and those watching directly inside Trump’s Oval Office, which bore frightening resemblance to a day-care center catering to a particularly spoiled and untamable child. Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2022 Instead, as translated by my colleague Jeong Park, voice actors repeat in a dispassionate tone, nearly line for line, his English-language ads addressing crime, homelessness and his general coolness. Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2022 Its middle section features a dispassionate narrator reciting facts about Romanian history. Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2022 Jasiri X said having honest, dispassionate conversations can help. David D. Haynes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2022 Virtue can be superficial, and the film adaptation sharpens the point by adding that the money that’s solidified the Van Allens’ place in society comes from drone warfare, where homicide is both utterly dispassionate and totally legal. Amy Nicholson, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2022 Taylor circles these characters with a probing, dispassionate eye, and her account of aging suggests that literature may, in fact, be a more crucial form for the old than for the young. Charlie Tyson, The New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2022 See More Word History
1594, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
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Synonyms & Similar Words
- impartial
- equitable
- equal
- objective
- disinterested
- unbiased
- indifferent
- candid
- unprejudiced
- evenhanded
- nonpartisan
- square
- frank
- just
- fair
- rational
- straightforward
- forthright
- balanced
- reasonable
- straight
- open
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- partisan
- partial
- biased
- unjust
- nonobjective
- inequitable
- prejudiced
- dishonest
- deceptive
- deceitful
- unreasonable
- arbitrary
- one-sided
- unsympathetic
- jaundiced
- unconscionable
- unfriendly
- parti pris
- distorted
- ex parte
- colored
- warped
Synonym Chooser
Some common synonyms of dispassionate are equitable, fair, impartial, just, objective, and unbiased. While all these words mean "free from favor toward either or any side," dispassionate suggests freedom from the influence of strong feeling and often implies cool or even cold judgment.
Equitable implies a less rigorous standard than just and usually suggests equal treatment of all concerned.
The words fair and dispassionate are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, fair implies a proper balance of conflicting interests.
The meanings of impartial and dispassionate largely overlap; however, impartial stresses an absence of favor or prejudice.
In some situations, the words just and dispassionate are roughly equivalent. However, just implies an exact following of a standard of what is right and proper.
While in some cases nearly identical to dispassionate, objective stresses a tendency to view events or persons as apart from oneself and one's own interest or feelings.
While the synonyms unbiased and dispassionate are close in meaning, unbiased implies even more strongly an absence of all prejudice.