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
Robert Petkoff Krish Seenivasan Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
Maybe being more dispassionate is one part of the equation.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025
Until then, Fraga believed the role of a scientist was to identify and describe, to remain dispassionate.
—Meg Bernhard, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
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
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Adjective
The tone of his book is dispassionate, befitting his soft-spoken, considered persona, but its message is clear: By favoring more and more immigration, the modern left betrayed its traditional working-class constituency.
—Robert Petkoff Krish Seenivasan Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
Maybe being more dispassionate is one part of the equation.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025
Until then, Fraga believed the role of a scientist was to identify and describe, to remain dispassionate.
—Meg Bernhard, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispassionate
Adjective
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While Congress sets the CBO’s priorities, the group prides itself on being objective, impartial, and nonpartisan.—
Nathan Goldman,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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Her expertise lies in building boards with the right balance of domain expertise and impartial oversight, ensuring alignment between governance and investor confidence.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
5 June 2025
Noun
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Job market frustrations are also fueling this feeling of detachment.—
Jason Leverant,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Treatments aim to support new nail growth or treat the cause of the nail's detachment.—
Brandi Jones,
Health,
7 June 2025
Adjective
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These days — at least on Friday nights — the space offers musicians an equitable spotlight.—
Erick Galindo,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2025
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The result is a more agile, inclusive and resilient workforce where employees have equitable access to growth.—
Abakar Saidov,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
Adjective
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Not surprisingly, Fort Lauderdale has historically been seen — and seen itself — as a vestigial appendage of its southern neighbor rather than an equal force to be respected and reckoned with.—
Peter Lane Taylor,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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The former is directly connected to financial assistance offered by a school for a shared and equal fee—the cost of matriculation at the college—while the latter is less about university financial assistance and more about compensation for services or identity use.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
9 June 2025
Noun
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Rather than replacing interviews, these tools add a layer of objectivity to decisions that are usually driven by instinct and impressions.—
David Pickard,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2025
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The Magnum photographer’s new book, Blinked Myself Awake, combines memoir and image in a series of eclectic riffs on the history of astronomy, the practice of stargazing—both amateur and professional—and the relationship between photography and objectivity.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
7 June 2025
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“Dispassionate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispassionate. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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