dispassion

noun

dis·​pas·​sion (ˌ)dis-ˈpa-shən How to pronounce dispassion (audio)
: absence of passion : coolness

Examples of dispassion in a Sentence

She viewed the problem with the weary dispassion of a police officer who had seen everything.
Recent Examples on the Web In the play’s most striking image, the dead sit in the Grover’s Corners graveyard in rows—rather like a theatre audience—watching the living with quiet dispassion. Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024 Nell shows a remarkable understanding of the song, a sense of dispassion that is both beautiful and chilling. Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024 Is the audience supposed to admire her stout dispassion, or suspect that her moral compass has spun out of control? Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2024 And the agency has consistently performed those duties with rigor and dispassion. Eva Temkin, STAT, 14 Dec. 2023 See all Example Sentences for dispassion 

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Word History

First Known Use

1692, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of dispassion was in 1692

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“Dispassion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dispassion. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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