Dispassionate

Definition: Dispassionate

Dispassionate

Adjective

1. Unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice; "a journalist should be a dispassionate reporter of fact".

Date "dispassionate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references)

Synonyms: Dispassionate

Synonyms: composed serene, cool, impartial, moderate, temperate, unimpassioned, unruffled. (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Belief	Firm belief, implicit belief, settled belief, fixed rooted deep-rooted belief, staunch belief, unshaken belief, steadfast belief, inveterate belief, calm belief, sober belief, dispassionate belief, impartial belief, well-founded belief, firm opinion, implicit opinion, settled opinion, fixed rooted deep-rooted opinion, staunch opinion, unshaken opinion, steadfast opinion, inveterate opinion, calm opinion, sober opinion, dispassionate opinion, impartial opinion, well-founded opinion; uberrima fides.
Excitability	Adjective: inexcitable, unexcitable; imperturbable; unsusceptible; (insensible); unpassionate, dispassionate; cold-blooded, irritable; enduring; Verb: stoical, Platonic, philosophic, staid, stayed; sober, sober minded; grave; sober as a judge, grave as a judge; sedate, demure, cool-headed.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Dispassionate

English words defined with "dispassionate": dispassionately, Dispassioned ♦ Unpassionate. (references)

Etymologies containing "dispassionate": Dispassioned. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Dispassionate Justice: A Synthesis of the Judicial Opinions of Robert H. Jackson (reference) Facts in Mesmerism: With Reasons for a Dispassionate Inquiry into It (reference) From Radical Left to Extreme Right: A Bibliography of Current Periodicals of Protest, Controversy, Advocacy, or Dissent, With Dispassionate Content- (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Play	Caption
	Cinema; nonchalant; airy; aloof; apathetic; blase; calm; careless; casual; cold; collected; composed; cool; detached; disimpassioned; disinterested; dispassionate; easy; effortless; frigid; happy; impassive; imperturbable; incurious; indifferent; insoucia.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Jimmy Carter	1977-1981	The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has gained world acclaim for its dispassionate reports.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Dispassionate" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 92.31% of the time. "Dispassionate" is used about 65 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
Adjective (general or positive)	92.31%	60	43,597
Lexical Verb (base form)	3.08%	2	245,945
Noun (singular)	3.08%	2	245,945
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	1.54%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	65	N/A

Language		Translations for "dispassionate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		pa paragjykime (independent, open minded, unprejudiced, unprepossessed), i qetë (at ease, balanced, calm, canny, collected, comfortable, comfy, composed, cool, cool-headed, easeful, equable, even, even-minded, halcyon, laid back, level, level headed, mild, noiseless, orderly, Pacific, passionless, peaceable, peaceful, placid, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, retired, secure, sedate, self possessed, serene, settled, silent, smooth, sober-blooded, stationary, still, stilly, tranquil, unconcern, unconcerned, uneventful, unruffled), i paanshëm (candid, equitable, even handed, fair, impartial, indifferent, neuter, unbiased, unprejudiced), gjakftohtë (calm, cold blooded, cool, even tempered, impassible, imperturbable, placid, self contained, self possessed, serene, sober-blooded, unflappable). (various references)

Arabic		‏فاتر (apathetic, chilly, cold, cool, disinterested, dull, frigid, half hearted, indifferent, languid, listless, lukewarm, slack, spiritless, stagnant, tepid, unenthusiastic, unfriendly), ‏هادئ (calm, cloistered, composed, cool, easygoing, even, impassive, imperturbable, laid back, peaceable, peaceful, piping, placid, possessed, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, restful, self possessed, serene, sober, steady, still, tranquil, undisturbed, uneventful, unflappable, unmoved, unruffled, windless), ‏نزيه (candid, disinterested, honest, impartial, in his right mind, nonpartisan). (various references)

Bulgarian		безстрастен (apathetic, apathetical, cold-livered, impassible, impassive, passionless, stolid, torpid), безпристрастен (clinical, detached, equitable, even, even handed, fair, immovable, impartial, impersonal, indifferent, judicial, non-partisan, objective, unbiased, unprejudiced). (various references)

Chinese		冷静. (various references)

Czech		nezaujatý (disinterested, open minded, unbiased, unbiassed, unprepossessed), nestranný (detached, disinterested, even handed, evenhanded, impartial, unbiased, unbiassed). (various references)

Farsi		خونسرد (Cool, Impassive, Imperturbable, Meek, Unconcerned, Uninterested), بی غرضی , بی تعصب (Indfferent, Unprejudiced), بی طرف (Just, Neuter). (various references)

Finnish		kiihkoton, intohimoton. (various references)

French		impartial, calme (dispassion). (various references)

German		leidenschaftslos (passionless, unemotional, unimpassioned). (various references)

Greek		ήρεμοσ (calm, collected, composed, even tempered, placid, quiescent, quiet, serene, still, tranquil), απαθήσ (apathetic, cool, impassible, impassive, passionless, stolid, unresponsive), ψύχραιμοσ (collected, cool, self possessed, self-collected). (various references)

Hebrew		קר רוח (cool, imperturbable, listless, nonchalant, unflappable). (various references)

Hungarian		szenvtelen (calm, cold-livered, cool, dead pan, detached, emotionless, immovable, impassible, passionless, unmoved), szenvedély nélküli (unimpassioned). (various references)

Indonesian		tidak memihak. (various references)

Italian		spassionato (impartial, unwarped), imparziale (disinterested, impartial, judicial, judiciary, unbiased, unconcerned). (various references)

Manx		neuchleaynt (candid, fair-minded, open-minded), feayr-aignagh (collected, cool-headed, imperturbable). (various references)

Pig Latin		ispassionateday

Portuguese		distribuir (allocate, allot, deliver, dispense, distribute, dole out, give over, hand out, parcel, portion, serve, share, spread), frio (bleak, chill, chilly, clammy, cold, cold-hearted, coldlivered, coldness, cool, devil may care, edge, freezing, freezing cold, frigid, frost, icerink, ill, impaste, lifeless, nipping, non-com, Parky, passionless, phlegmatic, plodder, repulsive, reserved, soulless, tepid, unresponsive, unsympathetic, winterly, wintry), calmo (calm, collected, composed, cool, cool-headed, Douce, even, even-minded, halcyon, half-light, impervious, irretentive, leisurely, mild, noiseless, passionless, peace loving, peaceable, peaceful, philosophical, philosophical belief, phloem, placable, placid, plodder, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, restful, sedate, self-collected, sequestered, serene, smooth, sober, sober-blooded, staid, still, stilly, tranquil, uneventful, unprovoked, unruffled, unstirred, untroubled). (various references)

Romanian		liniştit (breathless, calm, calmly, comfortable, composed, cool, dead, easy, even, gentle, gently, gently-sloping, halcyon, imperturbable, in comfortable circumstances, mild, noiseless, orderly, Pacific, passive, peaceable, peaceful, peacefully, placid, placidly, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, restful, secure, sedate, serene, silent, slow, smooth, sober, soft, still, tranquil, unabashed, unruffled, untroubled), imparţial (candid, detached, equal, even handed, fair-minded, free, impartial, impartially, unbiased, unbiassed, unprejudiced), calm (calm, calmly, calmness, collected, collectedness, composed, composure, cool, coolness, easily, easy, equal, equanimity, even, even tempered, evenness, genial, halcyon, lull, passionless, peace, peaceful, peacefully, phlegmatic, placid, placidity, poise, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, sedate, serene, serenity, silence, smooth, sober, sobriety, still, temper, tranquil, tranquillity, unhurried, unruffled, untroubled). (various references)

Russian		беспристрастный (above the battle, candid, detached, equitable, even handed, even-handed, impartial, neutral, non-partisan, objective, unbiased, unprejudiced). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		nepristrasan (even handed, evenhanded, neutral, nonpartisan, non-partisan, objective, unbiased, unprejudiced). (various references)

Spanish		desapasionado (passionless). (various references)

Swedish		opartisk (detached, even handed, fair, impartial, just, unbiased, unbiassed, uncommitted, unprejudiced), objektiv (detached, disinterested, lens, object glass, objective), lidelsefri (passionless). (various references)

Turkish		tarafsız (candid, clinical, colorless, colourless, crossbench, detached, disinterested, equitable, even handed, fair-minded, free from bias, impartial, judicial, neutral, non committal, non party, noncommittal, nonpartisan, non-partisan, nonparty, unbiased, unbiassed, uncolored, uncoloured, uncommitted, unprejudiced, unwarped), serinkanlı (calm, cool-headed, lymphatic), sakin (airless, calm, citizen, comfortable, composed, composedly, domicilled, dweller, equal, even, even tempered, habitant, halcyon, hushed, imperturbable, in repose, indweller, inhabitant, inmate, laidback, local, nerveless, noiseless, Pacific, peaceable, peaceful, philosophic, philosophical, placid, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, resident, sedate, serene, smooth, steady, still, tenant, tranquil, unperturbed, unruffled, untroubled), hissiz (apathetic, apathetical, benumbed, bloodless, callous, crass, cruel, devoid of feelings, down to earth, impassible, impassive, indifferent, insensate, insensible, insensitive, insentient, insusceptible, numb, senseless, soulless, torpid). (various references)

Ukrainian		безстрасний, безсторонній (candid, equitable, even handed, impartial, neutral, non-partisan, objective, unconcerned). (various references)

Vietnamese		thản nhiên vô tư, không xúc động (unaffected, unimpressed), không thiên vị (cross-bench, fair, fair-minded, impartial, sober), bình thản (even-minded, even-tempered, sedate). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "dispassionate": dispassionately, dispassionateness, dispassionatenesses. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Dispassionate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: disspassionate. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "dispassionate" (pronounced di'spa"shunut)
7	-p a" sh u n u t	compassionate, passionate.
5	-sh u n u t	affectionate, disproportionate, extortionate, proportionate.
4	-u n u t	baronet, bicarbonate, cabinet, coordinate, definite, diaconate, effeminate, fortunate, geminate, indefinite, indeterminate, indiscriminate, infinite, innominate, inordinate, laminate, obstinate, sultanate, unfortunate.
3	-n u t	alternate, Bennet, bluebonnet, bonnet, electromagnet, ferromagnet, garnet, granite, hornet, incarnate, magnate, magnet, minute, peanut, Pinot, planet, rennet, senate, Sennet, tenet, unit.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-i-i-n-o-p-s-s-s-t"
	-2 letters: inspissated.
	-3 letters: antisepsis, apostasies, dispassion, dissipates, indisposes, inspissate, passionate.
	-4 letters: adaptions, antipodes, diapasons, diastases, dioptases, dissipate, epistasis, ideations, indispose, iodinates, passadoes, pastiness, pintadoes, sandsoaps, sanitised, sanitises, saponites, satinpods, sedations, seditions, sidespins, soapiness, staidness, steapsins, taeniasis, tipsiness.
	-5 letters: adaption, adenitis, adenosis, adiposes, adiposis, adonises, anapests, anopsias, antipode, assisted, astonied, astonies, dainties, dapsones, depaints, deposits, destains.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-d-e-i-i-n-o-p-s-s-s-t"
	+2 letters: dispassionately, endoparasitisms.
	+4 letters: dispassionateness.
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