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
Katie Kitamura, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
For a whirlwind romance, Too Much feels awfully dispassionate.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 10 July 2025
However, a dispassionate parting doesn’t suit characters who have often worked so hard just to display any feelings at all.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 7 July 2025
The challenge for both author and museum was telling a rich wartime story without reducing it to the dispassionate details of a military reenactment.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2025
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Adjective
In precise, dispassionate prose, Tsushima evokes complex emotions—longing, grief, loneliness.
—Katie Kitamura, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
For a whirlwind romance, Too Much feels awfully dispassionate.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 10 July 2025
However, a dispassionate parting doesn’t suit characters who have often worked so hard just to display any feelings at all.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 7 July 2025
The challenge for both author and museum was telling a rich wartime story without reducing it to the dispassionate details of a military reenactment.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispassionate
Adjective
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Once again, Attorney General Bonta has failed to perform his fiduciary duty of providing fair and impartial information to the voters.—
Jon Coupal,
Oc Register,
31 Aug. 2025
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Primus said in his tenure the STB always strove to be impartial and apolitical.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Notably, psychological detachment (truly unplugging) and physical activity during time away were the strongest drivers of improvement.—
Michelle Stansbury,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Using Zarm’s 479-foot-tall (146 meters) drop tower in Bremen, Germany, the team tested the technology, producing an increase in bubble detachment efficiency of up to 240%, which would translate to much more effective electrolysis cells and oxygen generation.—
Andrew Jones,
Space.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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For an equitable comparison, peer stock returns also reflect post-earnings one-day (1D) returns.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Christopher Sebastian Parker and Christopher Towler lead Black Insight Research, a research firm that specializes in seeking solutions to more equitable outcomes for the Black community.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
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At the time of writing, there has been no message of gratitude towards Newcastle or the fans from Isak, potentially in response to the coldness of the club’s announcement.—
Harry De Cosemo,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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The catch, though, is that this hard exterior is often misinterpreted as coldness or disinterest (which is why clear communication is so important).—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
26 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The New York Federal Reserve’s measure of Global Supply Chain Pressure showed that July’s level of stress decreased, and is approximately now equal to the long-term average.—
George Calhoun,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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The rollbacks apply to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, which often help people of color, LGBTQ students and low-income residents have equal access to educational opportunities.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
7 Sep. 2025
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For each of these men—and the broader medical and public-health community that supported the eugenics movement—the veneer of data objectivity helped transform prejudice into policy.—
Craig Spencer,
The Atlantic,
29 Aug. 2025
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Instead one was woken into an eternal godlike vigilance, as though the experience of objectification had in the end borne the fruit of objectivity.—
Rachel Cusk,
New Yorker,
24 Aug. 2025
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“Dispassionate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispassionate. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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