dispassionate C2+ Topic:Emotions & Feelings US /dɪsˈpæʃənət/ UK /dɪsˈpæʃənət/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj not influenced by strong emotion; calm and impartial The judge gave a dispassionate review of the evidence. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · not influenced by strong... impartialobjectivedetachedcalmunemotionalcoolunbiased ↔ Opposites passionateemotionalbiasedpartialimpassioned Word family Forms dispassionately Derived forms dispassionatelydispassionateness Related forms passionpassionatecompassionpatient Etymology AI details From dis- ('without') + passionate; passion from Latin passio ('suffering'), from pati ('to suffer, endure'), from PIE *peh₁- ('to hurt'). passio Latin pati Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Emotions & Feelings Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # dispassionate **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /dɪsˈpæʃənət/ **IPA (UK):** /dɪsˈpæʃənət/ ## Meanings 1. not influenced by strong emotion; calm and impartial ## Examples - The judge gave a dispassionate review of the evidence. ## Synonyms - impartial - objective - detached - calm - unemotional - cool - unbiased ## Antonyms - passionate - emotional - biased - partial - impassioned ## Derived Forms - dispassionately - dispassionateness ## Related Forms - passion - passionate - compassion - patient ## Roots and Affixes - Root: passio - Root: pati ## Etymology From dis- ('without') + passionate; passion from Latin passio ('suffering'), from pati ('to suffer, endure'), from PIE *peh₁- ('to hurt'). ## AI Etymology Dispassionate is from dis- ('without') + passionate; passion from Latin passio ('suffering'), from pati ('to suffer, endure'), from PIE *peh₁- ('to hurt'). In present-day use, it means not influenced by strong emotion; calm and impartial. Derived formations include dispassionately and dispassionateness. Related vocabulary includes passion, passionate, compassion, and patient. ## Topics - Emotions & Feelings - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown