impersonal
[ im-pur-suh-nl ]
/ ɪmˈpɜr sə 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 “one.”
noun
Grammar.
an impersonal verb or pronoun.
Origin of impersonal
OTHER WORDS FROM impersonal
im·per·son·al·ly, adverb su·per·im·per·son·al, adjective su·per·im·per·son·al·ly, adverbWords nearby impersonal
impermanent,
impermeable,
impermissible,
impers.,
imperscriptible,
impersonal,
impersonalism,
impersonality,
impersonalize,
impersonate,
impersonator
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British Dictionary definitions for impersonal
impersonal
/ (ɪmˈpɜːsənəl) /
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