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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The subreddit lit up with theories: a flex, a trauma response, a signal of total emotional detachment.—
Stephanie Gravalese,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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For example, the group is one of a handful of the Illinois region’s 40 detachments that have formed a partnership with Scouting.—
Denise Crosby,
Chicago Tribune,
3 July 2025
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There is no Mount Olympus of objectivity where a Mandarin class of wise people have no feelings about their society.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
16 June 2025
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Government control over scientific publishing would significantly compromise research quality by prioritizing political agendas over scientific objectivity.—
A.J. Russo,
Baltimore Sun,
3 July 2025
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“Dispassion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispassion. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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