dispassionate

1. 1.

   unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice

   “a journalist should be a dispassionate reporter of fact”

   Synonymscold-eyed

   Similarimpartial

Questions about dispassionate

What does dispassionate mean?

dispassionate means "unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice".

How many syllables are in dispassionate?

dispassionate has 4 syllables: di-spas-sio-nate. The stress falls on "spas". In IPA it is /dɪˈspæʃənət/.

What is another word for dispassionate?

Close synonyms include cold-eyed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dispassionate a common word?

dispassionate is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.