as in impartial
marked by justice, honesty, and freedom from bias
dispassionate refereeing is all that we ask
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as in detachment
the absence of emotional involvement
your heated tone makes me question your professed dispassionateness
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Recent Examples of dispassionate
Tim Spiers, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
No doubt, there is warmth, sentiment, even yearning, in it, but there is also dispassionate observation.
—Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
Writers’ obsessions can illuminate their subjects in ways that more dispassionate approaches can’t.
—Isaac Butler, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2024
Policymakers need unbiased and dispassionate analysis from the intelligence community, which in turn has to appreciate and respond to their interests and needs.
—Paul B. Stares, Foreign Affairs, 11 Dec. 2020
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Adjective
The man, no, the boy that 3,000 people had crammed inside London’s Alexandra Palace to see produce history, plus millions more watching at home and in pubs around the UK and the world, was doing it not just with dispassionate ease, or with flamboyant style, but with disdainful relish.
—Tim Spiers, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
No doubt, there is warmth, sentiment, even yearning, in it, but there is also dispassionate observation.
—Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
Writers’ obsessions can illuminate their subjects in ways that more dispassionate approaches can’t.
—Isaac Butler, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2024
Policymakers need unbiased and dispassionate analysis from the intelligence community, which in turn has to appreciate and respond to their interests and needs.
—Paul B. Stares, Foreign Affairs, 11 Dec. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispassionate
Adjective
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When discussing the current war, Finkel shifts from impartial historian to passionate accuser, condemning Putin’s aggression as an act of genocide.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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The government counters that the independence requirement means the task force is supposed to make recommendations based on their impartial medical and public-health judgments.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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
Adjective
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Gender equity creates greater economies, improved communities and a more equitable world.—
Shikha Bajaj,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Again this year, Albany’s policymakers are choosing to ignore the constitutional promise of adequate and equitable school funding.—
Michael A. Rebell,
New York Daily News,
25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The credit is equal to 20% of the amount farmers spend.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
23 Apr. 2025
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Montana West Small Crossbody RFID-blocking Cellphone Wallet $18 $16 at Amazon Double discounted to just $16 in a gorgeous emerald green shade, this feminine crossbody phone purse is equal parts fashionable accessory and functional bag.—
Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
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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