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Dispassionate vs Equanimity - What's the difference?

dispassionate | equanimity |

As an adjective dispassionate

is not showing, and not affected by emotion, bias, or prejudice.

As a noun equanimity is

the state of being calm, stable and composed, especially under stress.

dispassionate

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • not showing, and not affected by emotion, bias, or prejudice

    • Synonyms

    * nonpassionate * unpassionate

    Antonyms

    * passionate

    Derived terms

    * dispassionately * dispassionateness

    equanimity

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Noun

  • the state of being calm, stable and composed, especially under stress
  • * 1954 , Albert Einstein, Ideas and Opinions
    • Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment.

    Synonyms

    * composure * calmness * even-mindedness * See also

    Related terms

    * equanimous