impersonal

The definition of impersonal is not being personal and is someone or something that doesn't have a connection to any person or does not show emotions.

(adjective)

  1. A large corporation that doesn't focus on people is an example of something that would be described as impersonal.
  2. A cold room devoid of personality or human touch is an example of a room that would be described as impersonal.

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See impersonal in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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

Origin: LL impersonalis

noun

an impersonal verb or pronoun

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See impersonal in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
  1. Lacking personality; not being a person: an impersonal force.
  2. a. Showing no emotion or personality: an aloof, impersonal manner.
    b. Having no personal reference or connection: an impersonal remark.
    c. Not responsive to or expressive of human personalities: a large, impersonal corporation.
  3. Grammar
    a. Of, relating to, or being a verb that expresses the action of an unspecified subject, as in methinks, “it seems to me”; Latin pluit, “it rains”; or, with an expletive subject, it snowed.
    b. Indefinite. Used of pronouns.

Related Forms:

  • im·perˌson·alˈi·ty (-sə-nălˈĭ-tē) noun
  • im·perˈson·al·ly adverb

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