as in detachment
the absence of emotional involvement
viewed the problem with the weary dispassion of a police officer who had seen everything
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Recent Examples of dispassion
Eliot loved hearing Claire talk about people, her combination of warmth and dispassion.
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Literary Hub,
25 Nov. 2025
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.
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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.
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Alexandra Del Rosario,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Oct. 2024
And the agency has consistently performed those duties with rigor and dispassion.
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Eva Temkin,
STAT,
14 Dec. 2023
See All Example Sentences for dispassion
Literary Hub,
25 Nov. 2025
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
And the agency has consistently performed those duties with rigor and dispassion.
—
Eva Temkin,
STAT,
14 Dec. 2023
See All Example Sentences for dispassion
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispassion
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Once locked, the mechanical safety structure helps reduce the risk of accidental detachment.
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What a wildly aggressive detachment from the reality of a basketball game.
Noun
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Independent validation is essential for maintaining objectivity.
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Slot, as head coach, was more of a middle manager; someone who acted with the objectivity of a civil servant and the occasional bluntness of a corrections officer.
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The world of Pride and Prejudice expects women to accommodate male pride as a social fact, to smooth over awkwardness, to accept that status and wealth compensate for coldness or indifference.
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Her fierce intelligence helps paper over some of the screenplay’s rougher transitions, and even lends a measure of legibility to Sylvia’s sudden coldness.
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“Dispassion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispassion. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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