as in detachment
the absence of emotional involvement
viewed the problem with the weary dispassion of a police officer who had seen everything
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Recent Examples of dispassion
In the play’s most striking image, the dead sit in the Grover’s Corners graveyard in rows—rather like a theatre audience—watching the living with quiet dispassion.
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Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
Nell shows a remarkable understanding of the song, a sense of dispassion that is both beautiful and chilling.
—Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024
And the agency has consistently performed those duties with rigor and dispassion.
—Eva Temkin, STAT, 14 Dec. 2023
The cowboys are loading their guns with dispassion and buckshot.
—Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 23 June 2022
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Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
Nell shows a remarkable understanding of the song, a sense of dispassion that is both beautiful and chilling.
—Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024
And the agency has consistently performed those duties with rigor and dispassion.
—Eva Temkin, STAT, 14 Dec. 2023
The cowboys are loading their guns with dispassion and buckshot.
—Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 23 June 2022
See All Example Sentences for dispassion
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispassion
Noun
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This début novel chronicles a young woman’s unravelling with ethnographic detachment.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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There’s often an arch detachment where the singer tries to pretend as though they haven’t actually been poisoned by being online themselves.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The new online encyclopedia, which suffered technical difficulties upon launch, uses xAI’s Grok large language model to pull information and supposedly prioritize objectivity.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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When headlines surge and prices are volatile, the urge to act can overwhelm an investor’s objectivity.—
Chris Stevens,
Nashville Tennessean,
19 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Their works push back against the coldness of technology, asserting presence, autonomy, and creative resistance.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
24 Sep. 2025
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Thematically, this episode is awash in the color blue itself, which many fans interpret as symbolizing coldness and detachment from the music industry.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Dispassion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispassion. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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