as in detachment
the absence of emotional involvement
viewed the problem with the weary dispassion of a police officer who had seen everything
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The tone is one of admiring dispassion, the approach at times discreet to the point of inertia.
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Michelle Orange, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
But dispassion is not their strong suit.
—The Intersection, Discover Magazine, 27 July 2011
Traditional journalism emphasized values and norms like balance, dispassion.
—Chris Mooney, Discover Magazine, 31 May 2011
The cowboys are loading their guns with dispassion and buckshot.
—Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 23 June 2022
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Michelle Orange, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
But dispassion is not their strong suit.
—The Intersection, Discover Magazine, 27 July 2011
Traditional journalism emphasized values and norms like balance, dispassion.
—Chris Mooney, Discover Magazine, 31 May 2011
The cowboys are loading their guns with dispassion and buckshot.
—Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 23 June 2022
See all Example Sentences for dispassion
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