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DISPASSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dispassion mean? 

DISPASSION (noun)
  The noun DISPASSION has 1 sense:

1. objectivity and detachmentplay

  Familiarity information: DISPASSION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DISPASSION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Objectivity and detachment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

dispassion; dispassionateness; dryness

Context example:

her manner assumed a dispassion and dryness very unlike her usual tone

Hypernyms ("dispassion" is a kind of...):

emotionlessness; unemotionality (absence of emotion)


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