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Meaning of "dispassion" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF DISPASSION

dɪsˈpæʃən


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISPASSION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dispassion is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DISPASSION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of dispassion in the English dictionary

The definition of dispassion in the dictionary is detachment; objectivity.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DISPASSION

antifashion · ashen · compassion · deration · desideration · fashion · impassion · outpassion · passion · ration · refashion · Wakashan

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DISPASSION

disparaging · disparagingly · disparate · disparately · disparateness · disparates · disparities · disparity · dispark · dispart · dispassionate · dispassionately · dispassionateness · dispatch · dispatch box · dispatch case · dispatch department · dispatch documents · dispatch rider · dispatcher

WORDS THAT END LIKE DISPASSION

admission · commission · compression · confession · conversion · depression · discussion · emission · expression · impression · mission · obsession · permission · possession · pression · profession · progression · session · submission · suppression · transmission

Synonyms and antonyms of dispassion in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DISPASSION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «dispassion» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «dispassion» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DISPASSION

Find out the translation of dispassion to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of dispassion from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dispassion» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

冷静
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

desapasionamiento
570 millions of speakers
en

English

dispassion
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

विराग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

هدوء
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

бесстрастие
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

desapego
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

বৈরাগ্য
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

dispassion
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Pemberhentian
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Leidenschaftslosigkeit
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

平静
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

냉정
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Dispassion
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bình tỉnh
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

சாந்தம்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

वैराग्य
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

dispassion
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

distacco
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

beznamiętność
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

безпристрасність
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

detașare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απάθεια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dispassion
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dispassion
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dispassion
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DISPASSION»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dispassion

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISPASSION»

Discover the use of dispassion in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dispassion and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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With Words and Knives: Learning Medical Dispassion in Early ...
To elucidate what was medical dispassion in seventeenth and eighteenth century England, how and why it was taught, to whom, and in what spaces, each chapter of this book examines a community of practitioners and explores different patterns ...
Ms Lynda Payne, 2013
2
Come to the Quiet: The Principles of Christian Meditation
As one grows in Christ, this dispassion ironically includes detachment from any stirring of the incensive or rational powers within the body or the soul. This leads us to the highest form of intellection, or contemplation, which builds on, yet is ...
John Michael Talbot, 2002
3
The Vedanta Way To Peace And Happiness
Dispassion is distancing our true Self from the hormonal changes in our glands and remaining calm. A dose of dispassion is necessary to effect a balance in our personality, now tilted toward overly desiring and now toward despairing.
Swami Adiswarananda, 2008
4
Emotions in Asian Thought: A Dialogue in Comparative ...
Next to be considered is the morality of dispassion. On the one hand, should the proponents of passion prevail with respect to the good life, there may still be moral reasons for preferring dispassion as a general ethics. On the other hand, ...
Joel Marks, Roger T. Ames, Robert C. Solomon, 1995
5
Self-Inquiry - Dawn of the Witness and the End of Suffering ...
Dispassion The condition of dispassion is one of the primary goals of self-inquiry. Those who are very enthusiastic and dedicated to self-inquiry are very passionate about developing dispassion. This is non-relational self- inquiry, of course.
Yogani, 2007
6
Excursions Into the Thought-World of the Pali Discourses
sation”; and in the case of perception of cessation, “dispassion” is not mentioned. This suggests that the last two perceptions are similar in meaning. Perhaps “ cessation” represents a slightly more definite and final form of leaving behind ...
Bhikkhu Analayo, 2012
7
The Integrity of the Yoga Darsana: A Reconsideration of ...
No matter how much the clarity of sattva may be emphasized, Vyasa's passage cannot refer merely to a state of mind or gunic consciousness, but rather it fits the definition of higher dispassion in which the effects or influences of all three gunas  ...
Ian Whicher, 1998
8
Early Buddhist Discourses
“And what is that all which, by knowing it directly, by fully understanding it, by developing dispassion toward it, and by forsaking it, one will be able to destroy suffering? 14. “The eye is that which, by knowing it directly, by fully understanding it, ...
John J. Holder, 2006
9
The Metaphysical Magazine
Nothing but dispassion can effectively do this. Dispassion is developed by the consideration of the pain producing element in every object of enjoyment. When dispassion (Bairagya) reaches its last stage, it is termed Bashikara. When by the  ...
10
The New Cycle
Nothing but dispassion can effectively do this. Dispassion is developed by the consideration of the pain producing element in every object of enjoyment. When dispassion (Bairagya) reaches its last stage, it is termed Bashikara. W'hen by the  ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISPASSION»

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1
How Carl Berstein Evolved from Attack Dog to Lapdog
His liberal political biases have blinded his ability to speak with any dispassion on matters, including Mrs. Clinton. His CNN interview was a ... «Commentary Magazine, Jul 15»
2
Guest Editorial | July 8, 2015 | Sonoran News
If "apathy" equates to dispassion and disinterest in matters of importance, then the 75% are inarguably apathetic. The 25% realize that in a ... «Sonoran News, Jul 15»
3
Knock the viewpoint, but let academic freedom ring
... and knowledge-seeking, and the virtues of intellectual humility, dispassion, and fair-mindedness that serve the pursuit of knowledge of truth. «Philly.com, Jul 15»
4
What posing as a life model is really like
It's a peculiarly dispassionate gaze that falls on a life model, and that dispassion – that guaranteed neutral acceptance – was appealing. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
5
What Do Iranian-Americans Think of the Nuclear Deal?
After all, delicate diplomacy such as this requires dispassion. We must not ignore Iran's terrible human rights violations. But if we want to ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
6
Jindal-Friendly SuperPAC Makes Iowa TV Ad Buy
“We're spending our time here”. There's of course a reason for that dispassion (along with digs like “Bobby Jindal is so white, he beat himself ... «The Bell Jar, Jul 15»
7
14 Words For Sadness And Depression That Don't Exist In English
This Hindi word actually means dispassion, but a writer on the blog Better Than English notes that it can also denote a particularly kind of ... «Bustle, Jun 15»
8
It AINT COIN, but this is
... best opportunity to examine it with a bit more dispassion, and hence more rigor. In particular, here I would like to consider how we use COIN. «Kings of War, Jun 15»
9
The Lonely End: In aging Japan, thousands die alone and unnoticed …
The police came; they investigated with procedural dispassion and declared the death unsuspicious. This wasn't suicide in the traditional ... «National Post, Jun 15»
10
Renouncing roots: Here's why Bobby Jindal is not popular among …
There's of course a reason for that dispassion (along with digs like "Bobby Jindal is so white, he beat himself up after 9/11," another Kondabolu ... «Economic Times, Jun 15»
REFERENCE
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