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impersonal definition

im·per·sonal (im pʉrsə nəl)

adjective

  1. not personal; specif.,
    1. without connection or reference to any particular person an impersonal comment
    2. not existing as a person an impersonal force
  2. not showing human feelings, esp. sympathy or warmth don't be so cold and impersonal
  3. Gram.
    1. 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”)
    2. indefinite: said of pronouns

Etymology: LL impersonalis

noun

an impersonal verb or pronoun

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