different between dispassion vs emotion

English

Etymology

dis- +? passion

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?s?pæ??n/

Noun

dispassion (countable and uncountable, plural dispassions)

1. Freedom from passion; the absence of passion; an undisturbed state; apathy.

References

• dispassion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

Etymology

From Middle French emotion (modern French émotion), from émouvoir (“excite”) based on Latin ?m?tus, past participle of ?move? (“to move out, move away, remove, stir up, irritate”), from ?- (“out”) (variant of ex-), and move? (“move”).

Pronunciation

• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /??mo???n/, /i?mo???n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??m????n/
• Rhymes: -????n

Noun

emotion (countable and uncountable, plural emotions)

1. (obsolete) movement; agitation [16th–18th c.]
2. 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.
3. A reaction by a non-human organism with behavioral and physiological elements similar to a person's response.

Synonyms

• (person's internal state of being): feeling, affect

Derived terms

• emotionable
• emotional

Related terms

Translations

References

• emotion at OneLook Dictionary Search
• emotion in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• emotion in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.