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DISPASSIONATENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dispassionateness mean? 

DISPASSIONATENESS (noun)
  The noun DISPASSIONATENESS has 1 sense:

1. objectivity and detachmentplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


DISPASSIONATENESS (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 ("dispassionateness" is a kind of...):

emotionlessness; unemotionality (absence of emotion)

Derivation:

dispassionate (unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice)


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