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Dispassion vs Emotion - What's the difference?

dispassion | emotion |

As nouns the difference between dispassion and emotion

is that dispassion is freedom from passion; an undisturbed state; apathy while emotion is a person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data.

dispassion

English

Noun

(-)
  • Freedom from passion; an undisturbed state; apathy.

    • References

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    emotion

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia emotion) (en noun)
  • A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data.
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  • A reaction by an non-human organism with behavioral and physiological elements similar to a person's response.

    • Derived terms

    * emotionable * emotional

    Synonyms

    * (sense, person's internal state of being) feeling, affect