dispassionately
冷静に
解説 Definition
感情や個人的な見方の影響を受けずに、冷たく客観的な方法で何かを行うことです。論理と理性に基づいて判断することを意味します。
Dispassionately means in a calm and unemotional way, without letting strong feelings affect judgment. It is often used when talking about analysis, decisions, or serious discussions. The word suggests fairness and self-control rather than coldness.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
passion を「強い感情・熱」と知っていれば、dis- でその熱が外れた状態だとつかめます。つまり「感情を乗せずに見る」ので、calmly が単に落ち着いている感じなのに対し、dispassionately は一歩引いて客観的・非個人的に判断する響きが強めです。discuss the issue dispassionately, assess the evidence dispassionately のように、議論や評価の場面と結びつけると残りやすいです。passionately との正反対もセットで確認すると混同しにくくなります。
Start with `passion`, meaning strong feeling. Add `dis-`, and you get the idea of strong emotion being removed, so the word suggests looking at something without emotional heat. Remember it in phrases like `judge dispassionately` or `assess the evidence dispassionately`.
例文
The judge considered the evidence dispassionately before making a decision.
裁判官は判決を下す前に冷静に証拠を検討しました。
She spoke dispassionately about the controversial topic.
彼女は物議を醸す話題について冷静に話しました。
A scientist must approach their work dispassionately to avoid bias.
科学者は偏見を避けるために冷静に仕事に取り組む必要があります。
dispassionately の類義語・関連語
dispassionately の語源・成り立ち Etymology
dispassionately は dis-「〜なしに」+ passion + -ly で、passion はラテン語 passio「苦しみ」に由来します。昔は熱情でなく“心を揺さぶられる受け身性”が核で、離れて判断するので compassion や passive と結ぶと冷静さが見えます。
This word is made from `dis-` meaning "without" or "apart from," `passion`, and `-ly`. `Passion` comes from Latin `passio`, originally meaning "suffering" or "undergoing." The meaning later moved from being emotionally affected to the modern sense of strong feeling, so `dispassionately` came to suggest being free from such feeling. Related words include `compassion` and `passive`.
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