DISPASSIONATE


Meaning of DISPASSIONATE in English

“+ adjective

Etymology: dis- (I) + passionate

: free from the influence of passion or strong feeling:

a. : equitable of disposition : calm , cool , composed

it was his fate in life to have his equanimity mistaken for pluck, whereas it was actually something much more dispassionate and much less virile — James Hilton

b. : calm in judgment : uninfluenced by prejudice, favoritism, or partisanship : judicial

plumes himself upon this spirit, even when he is sufficiently dispassionate to perceive the ruin it works — Charles Dickens

Synonyms: see fair

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.