dispassion
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of dispassion
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The sergeants and the lieutenant, the inspector and the chief all testified with near antiseptic dispassion as they assessed the actions of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.
From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2021
Perhaps there’s something about my geographic distance from him that creates dispassion akin to the documentarian’s camera, that allows me to see this film’s conceit as fascinating but not upsetting.
From Slate • Sep. 30, 2020
Ms. Williams speaks deliberately, with a calm that is not dispassion but certainty.
From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2018
Comey's odd mix of G-man dispassion, unexpected emotion and very un-FBI-ish high-school slang made for a fascinating and downright entertaining TV event.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2018
There was a moment, very brief, when the guarded dispassion fell away from Thyon’s face, and Lazlo saw something human in him.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
