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Definition: Dispassion |
DispassionNoun1. Objectivity and detachment. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: DispassionSynonym: dispassionateness (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Excitability | Noun: inexcitability, imperturbability, inirritability; even temper, tranquil mind, dispassion; tolerance, patience, coolth. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| "Dispassion" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Dispassion" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 9 | 117,287 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
dispassion supreme | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "dispassion"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | qetësi (calm, calmness, composure, coolness, countenance, ease, equanimity, imperturbability, keep quiet, languor, mum, order, peace, placidity, quiescence, quiescency, quiet, quietness, quietude, serenity, shut up, silence, still, stillness, tranquility, tranquillity, unconcern), paanësi (equity, fair play, fairness, impartiality, infinity), mungesë pasioni, mungesë paragjykimi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | هدوء (calm, calmness, composure, countenance, ease, philosophy, placidity, quiescence, quiet, quietness, quietude, remission, silence, still, stillness, tranquility, tranquillity), نزاهة (disinterest, impartiality, integrity, plain dealing, probity, squareness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | nezaujatost (disinterestedness, open mindedness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | calme (dispassionate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Sachlichkeit (matter-of-factness, objectivity, practicality, pragmatism, relevance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | קור רוח (composure, coolness, nonchalance, presence of mind, sang froid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | érzéketlenség (anaesthesia, analgesia, apathy, blind spot, bluntness, brutality, callousness, impassibility, impassivity, insensibility, insensitivity, insusceptibility, stoniness, stupor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | realit . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ispassionday бесстрастие (impassivity). (various references) nepristrasanost. (various references) desapasión. (various references) безстрасність. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "dispassion": dispassionate, dispassionately, dispassionateness, dispassionatenesses, dispassions. (additional references) | |
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"Dispassion" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: disassoc, dispension. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-i-i-n-o-p-s-s-s" | |
-2 letters: adiposis, isospins, passions, sinopias. | |
-3 letters: isospin, passion, sinopia. | |
-4 letters: adonis, danios, dipsas, dipsos, iodins, opsins, pianos, poinds, sasins. | |
-5 letters: adios, apods, apsis, aspis, danio, dipso, donas, dopas, iodin, nipas, oasis, oidia, opsin, ossia, padis, pains, piano, pians, pinas, pions, pisos, podia, poind, ponds, psoai, psoas, sadis, saids, sains, sands, sapid, sasin, snaps, snips, soaps. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-i-i-n-o-p-s-s-s" | |
+1 letter: dispassions. | |
+2 letters: dissipations. | |
+3 letters: dispassionate, dispensations, preadmissions. | |
+4 letters: antispasmodics, custodianships, dispensatories. | |
+5 letters: antidepressions, dispassionately, endoparasitisms. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 69 73 70 61 73 73 69 6F 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .. ... .--. .- ... ... .. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01101001 01110011 01110000 01100001 01110011 01110011 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D i s p a s s i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0069 0073 0070 0061 0073 0073 0069 006F 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38758582678585758180 |
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