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Antonyms for dispassionate

Grammar : Adj
Spell : dis-pash-uh-nit
Phonetic Transcription : dɪsˈpæʃ ə nɪt


Definition of dispassionate

Origin :
  • 1590s, from dis- "the opposite of" (see dis-) + passionate. Related: Dispassionately.
  • adj unfeeling, impartial
Example sentences :
  • Being a dispassionate organism, it can never be perfectly informed.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • “I shall never forgive you, Nina,” said Almayer, in a dispassionate voice.
  • Extract from : « Almayer's Folly » by Joseph Conrad
  • You are a witness, sir—a dispassionate, unprejudiced witness.
  • Extract from : « The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 » by Various
  • The life is their own life; the record is that of a dispassionate observer.
  • Extract from : « Epic and Romance » by W. P. Ker
  • The members of a republic, above all other men, should be candid and dispassionate.
  • Extract from : « The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. » by Washington Irving
  • His argument was of course calm and dispassionate after his usual manner.
  • Extract from : « Albert Gallatin » by John Austin Stevens
  • The judgment is as dispassionate as could be shown in a philosophical treatise.
  • Extract from : « The Critical Period of American History » by John Fiske
  • It is a problem that calls for our soberest, most dispassionate, and most patriotic thought.
  • Extract from : « Problems of Expansion » by Whitelaw Reid
  • The dispassionate reader would not have seen anything in it to justify this.
  • Extract from : « Si Klegg, Book 6 (of 6) » by John McElroy
  • He was aroused by a calm, dispassionate voice at the telephone.
  • Extract from : « The Making of Bobby Burnit » by George Randolph Chester

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