Dispassionateness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dispassionate \Dis*pas"sion*ate\, a.
     1. Free from passion; not warped, prejudiced, swerved, or
        carried away by passion or feeling; judicial; calm;
        composed.
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              Wise and dispassionate men.           --Clarendon.
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     2. Not dictated by passion; not proceeding from temper or
        bias; impartial; as, dispassionate proceedings; a
        dispassionate view.
  
     Syn: Calm; cool; composed serene; unimpassioned; temperate;
          moderate; impartial; unruffled. --
          {Dis*pas"sion*ate*ly}, adv. -- {Dis*pas"sion*ate*ness},
          n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dispassionateness
       n : objectivity and detachment [syn: {dispassion}]