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
Is the audience supposed to admire her stout dispassion, or suspect that her moral compass has spun out of control?
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Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2024
And the agency has consistently performed those duties with rigor and dispassion.
—Eva Temkin, STAT, 14 Dec. 2023
The tone is one of admiring dispassion, the approach at times discreet to the point of inertia.
—Michelle Orange, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
The cowboys are loading their guns with dispassion and buckshot.
—Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 23 June 2022
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Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2024
And the agency has consistently performed those duties with rigor and dispassion.
—Eva Temkin, STAT, 14 Dec. 2023
The tone is one of admiring dispassion, the approach at times discreet to the point of inertia.
—Michelle Orange, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
The cowboys are loading their guns with dispassion and buckshot.
—Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 23 June 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispassion
Noun
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Interior spaces, like an empty hospital corridor where Nina awaits bad news, tend to be statically and symmetrically framed, an aesthetic decision that, in this environment, might evoke a sterile, clinical detachment.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2025
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Or maybe they’ve been reunited physically on the big screen but are not fully over their detachment.—
Adam Tschorn,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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Whereas empathy can lead to emotional entanglement that can distort decision-making, compassionate objectivity acknowledges and validates emotions without being overtaken by them.—
Tim Maurer,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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Over time, partisan news has flourished, and mainstream outlets have struggled to maintain broad credibility even while striving for objectivity.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Dispassion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispassion. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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