dispassionate
/dɪsˈpaʃ(ə)nət
/adjective
Not influenced by strong emotion, and so able to be rational and impartial: she dealt with life’s disasters in a calm, dispassionate way...
- That immediately drained the emotion out of everything; I became dispassionate, rational.
- His unflappable dispassionate calm is an end in itself.
- They wish to return to an atmosphere of mutual respect, which will permit rational and dispassionate debate.
Synonyms
unemotional, non-emotional, unsentimental, emotionless, impassive, nonchalant, cool, collected, calm, {cool, calm, and collected}, unruffled, unperturbed, composed, self-possessed, level-headed, self-controlled, temperate, sober, placid, equable, tranquil, serene, unexcitable, unflappable;
clinical, cold, indifferent, unmoved, unfeeling, uncaring, unsympathetic
informal laid-back
objective, detached, neutral, disinterested, uninvolved, impersonal, impartial, non-partisan, non-discriminatory, unbiased, unprejudiced, open-minded, fair, fair-minded, just, equitable, balanced, even-handed, unselfish;
scientific, analytical, rational, logical, businesslike;
free from discrimination, without fear or favour
Derivatives
dispassion
- People should view the circumstances now surrounding the particular case which may have generated this with a bit of calm, dispassion, and common sense.
- It is not easy to write with feigned calm and dispassion about the events that unfolded in East Timor in 1999.
- The first is the intellectual spirit of dispassion and coolness that grows out of the ideal of ‘critical distance.’
dispassionateness
/ noun ...- Dispassionateness of judgment will also lead to dispassionateness of speech.
- What this means is that my own ability for dispassionateness about Friend's standing as an artist is perhaps more questionable than most.
- And here comes a certified Great Thinker to tell you that what really counts is not dispassionateness but, on the contrary, passion.