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im·per·sonal (im pʉr′sə nəl)
adjective
- not personal; specif.,
- without connection or reference to any particular person an impersonal comment
- not existing as a person an impersonal force
- not showing human feelings, esp. sympathy or warmth don't be so cold and impersonal
- Gram.
- designating or of a verb occurring only in the third person singular, in English generally with it as the indefinite subject (Ex.: “it is snowing”)
- indefinite: said of pronouns
Etymology: LL impersonalis
noun
an impersonal verb or pronoun
Related Forms:
- impersonality im·per′·son·al′·ity (-nal′i tē) noun
- impersonally im·per′·son·ally adverb
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