SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
dispassionate
adjective
Not influenced by strong emotion or personal bias.
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Free from emotional bias
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Return to topUnemotional concerns feeling; dispassionate judgment means emotion does not drive the assessment.
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The mediator offered a dispassionate account of the disagreement.
The group invited a disinterested reviewer who had no connection with the competing proposals or their authors. She gave a dispassionate account of each process, describing its advantages and limitations without adopting the emotional tone of the earlier debate.
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