dispassionateness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
dispassionateness
    n 1: objectivity and detachment; "her manner assumed a
         dispassion and dryness very unlike her usual tone" [syn:
         {dispassion}, {dispassionateness}, {dryness}]
from The 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]
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