as in detachment
the absence of emotional involvement
your heated tone makes me question your professed dispassionateness
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Noun
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Interior spaces, like an empty hospital corridor where Nina awaits bad news, tend to be statically and symmetrically framed, an aesthetic decision that, in this environment, might evoke a sterile, clinical detachment.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2025 -
Or maybe they’ve been reunited physically on the big screen but are not fully over their detachment.—
Adam Tschorn,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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Whereas empathy can lead to emotional entanglement that can distort decision-making, compassionate objectivity acknowledges and validates emotions without being overtaken by them.—
Tim Maurer,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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Over time, partisan news has flourished, and mainstream outlets have struggled to maintain broad credibility even while striving for objectivity.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Dispassionateness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispassionateness. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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