dispassionate

English

Etymology 1

From dis- +‎ passionate.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈpæʃənət/
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Adjective

dispassionate (comparative more dispassionate, superlative most dispassionate)

Not showing, and not affected by, emotion, bias, or prejudice.
Synonyms: nonpassionate, unpassionate; see also Thesaurus:alexithymic, Thesaurus:impartial

Antonym: passionate

Derived terms

Translations

not showing, and not affected by, emotion, bias, or prejudice

Bulgarian: безстрастен (bg) (bezstrasten)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 冷靜的／冷静的 (lěngjìng de), 不帶感情的／不带感情的 (bù dài gǎnqíng de)
Finnish: kiihkoton, maltillinen (fi)
French: dépassionné (fr), calme (fr), rationnel (fr), impartial (fr), objectif (fr)
German: leidenschaftslos
Italian: spassionato (it)
Maori: whakamoroki
Polish: bezstronny (pl), beznamiętny (pl)
Russian: беспристра́стный (ru) (bespristrástnyj) (impartial, unbiased)
Swedish: lidelsefri (sv), kallsinnig (sv)
Ukrainian: безсторо́нній (uk) (bezstorónnij) (impartial, unbiased), безпри́страсний (uk) (bezprýstrasnyj) (impassive, passionless, unimpassioned)

Etymology 2

From dispassion +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈpæʃəneɪt/

Verb

dispassionate (third-person singular simple present dispassionates, present participle dispassionating, simple past and past participle dispassionated)

(obsolete, rare) To free from passion.
Antonym: passionate