Meaning & use
dispassion
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Freedom from emotional bias or strong feeling; calm objectivity.
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The judge weighed the evidence with complete dispassion.
He described the accident with a dispassion that unsettled the interviewer.
A note on using this word
Unlike "apathy," which implies indifference, "dispassion" suggests a deliberate, controlled neutrality often valued in judges, scientists, or negotiators.
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