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impersonal
[ im-pur-suh-nl ]
adjective
- not personal; without reference or connection to a particular person:
an impersonal remark.
- having no personality; devoid of human character or traits:
an impersonal deity.
- lacking human emotion or warmth:
an impersonal manner.
- Grammar.
- (of a verb) having only third person singular forms and rarely if ever accompanied by an expressed subject, as Latin pluit “it is raining,” or regularly accompanied by an empty subject word, as English to rain in It is raining.
- (of a pronoun or pronominal reference) indefinite, as French on ※Ա.”
noun
- Grammar. an impersonal verb or pronoun.
impersonal
/ ɪˈɜːəə /
adjective
- without reference to any individual person; objective
an impersonal assessment
- devoid of human warmth or sympathy; cold
an impersonal manner
- not having human characteristics
an impersonal God
- grammar (of a verb) having no logical subject. Usually in English the pronoun it is used in such cases as a grammatical subject, as for example in It is raining
- grammar (of a pronoun) not denoting a person
Derived Forms
- ˌDzˈٲ, noun
- ˈDzԲ, adverb
Other yvlog Forms
- ·sDz·· adverb
- p··sDz· adjective
- super··sDz·· adverb
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of impersonal1
Example Sentences
It scans your body to deliver a precise, if impersonal, spa service.
Sophie is concerned that interactions between boys and girls are distant and impersonal in Ben's peer group.
History is driven not only by vast impersonal forces like geography and economics but also by contingency, that is, the individual actions of men and women.
In an era when impersonal screener links are ubiquitous, the Neon box feels artisanal, exclusive, classy and tangible.
“The conventional medical industry can feel really sterile and impersonal, as much as it is incredible in what it’s able to accomplish,” Debnam-Carey says.
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