dispassionateness

2 definitions found

dispassionateness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dispassionate \Dis*pas"sion*ate\, a.
     1. Free from passion; not warped, prejudiced, swerved, or
        carried away by passion or feeling; judicial; calm;
        composed.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Wise and dispassionate men.           --Clarendon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Not dictated by passion; not proceeding from temper or
        bias; impartial; as, dispassionate proceedings; a
        dispassionate view.
  
     Syn: Calm; cool; composed serene; unimpassioned; temperate;
          moderate; impartial; unruffled. --
          Dis*pas"sion*ate*ly, adv. -- Dis*pas"sion*ate*ness,
          n.
          [1913 Webster]

dispassionateness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  dispassionateness
      n 1: objectivity and detachment; "her manner assumed a
           dispassion and dryness very unlike her usual tone" [syn:
           dispassion, dispassionateness, dryness]