dispassionate

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

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.

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Synonyms

1 adj · not influenced by strong... impartial objective detached calmunemotionalcool unbiased

Opposites

passionate emotional biased partial impassioned

Word family

Forms dispassionately

Derived forms dispassionatelydispassionateness

Related forms passion passionate compassion patient

Etymology

From dis- ('without') + passionate; passion from Latin passio ('suffering'), from pati ('to suffer, endure'), from PIE *peh₁- ('to hurt').

passio Latin pati Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# 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
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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