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impersonal

[ im-pur-suh-nl ]

adjective

  1. not personal; without reference or connection to a particular person:

    an impersonal remark.

  2. having no personality; devoid of human character or traits:

    an impersonal deity.

  3. lacking human emotion or warmth:

    an impersonal manner.

  4. Grammar.
    1. (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.
    2. (of a pronoun or pronominal reference) indefinite, as French on ※Ա.”


noun

  1. Grammar. an impersonal verb or pronoun.

impersonal

/ ɪˈɜːəə /

adjective

  1. without reference to any individual person; objective

    an impersonal assessment

  2. devoid of human warmth or sympathy; cold

    an impersonal manner

  3. not having human characteristics

    an impersonal God

  4. 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
  5. grammar (of a pronoun) not denoting a person
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌDzˈٲ, noun
  • ˈDzԲ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·sDz·· adverb
  • p··sDz· adjective
  • super··sDz·· adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of impersonal1

From the Late Latin word ō, dating back to 1510–20. See im- 2, personal
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Example Sentences

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