dispassionate

English

Etymology 1

From dis- +‎ passionate.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈpæʃənət/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

dispassionate (comparative more dispassionate, superlative most dispassionate)

1. Not showing, and not affected by, emotion, bias, or prejudice.

   Synonyms: nonpassionate, unpassionate; see also Thesaurus:alexithymic, Thesaurus:impartial

   Antonym: passionate

Derived terms

• dispassionately
• dispassionateness
• undispassionate

Translations

not showing, and not affected by, emotion, bias, or prejudice

Bulgarian: безстрастен (bg) (bezstrasten) Chinese: Mandarin: 冷靜的 / 冷静的 (lěngjìng de), 不帶感情的 / 不带感情的 (bù dài gǎnqíng de) Finnish: kiihkoton, maltillinen (fi) French: dépassionné (fr), calme (fr), rationnel (fr), impartial (fr), objectif (fr) German: leidenschaftslos Italian: spassionato (it) Maori: whakamoroki Polish: bezstronny (pl), beznamiętny (pl) Russian: беспристра́стный (ru) (bespristrástnyj) (impartial, unbiased) Swedish: lidelsefri (sv), kallsinnig (sv) Ukrainian: безсторо́нній (uk) (bezstorónnij) (impartial, unbiased), безпри́страсний (uk) (bezprýstrasnyj) (impassive, passionless, unimpassioned)

Etymology 2

From dispassion +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈpæʃəneɪt/

Verb

dispassionate (third-person singular simple present dispassionates, present participle dispassionating, simple past and past participle dispassionated)

1. (obsolete, rare) To free from passion.

   Antonym: passionate