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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 detachment
Familiarity information: DISPASSIONATENESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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