Definition of impersonal Impersonal

/ɪmpɚˈsʌnʌl/ - [impersunul] - im•per•son•al

We found 9 definitions of impersonal from 5 different sources.

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What does impersonal mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective

impersonal - having no personal preference; "impersonal criticism"; "a neutral observer"
  neutral
  nonsubjective, objective belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events; "objective benefits"; "an objective example"; "there is no objective evidence of anything of the kind"
impersonal - not relating to or responsive to individual persons; "an impersonal corporation"; "an impersonal remark"
  personal particular to a given individual
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • impersonal (Adjective)
    Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality.
  • impersonal (Adjective)
    Lacking warmth or emotion; cold.
  • impersonal (Adjective)
    Not having a subject, or having a third person pronoun without an antecedent.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • impersonal (a.)
    Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality.
  • impersonal (n.)
    That which wants personality; specifically (Gram.), an impersonal verb.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • impersonal
    Pertaining to a verb: cannot take a true subject, because it does not represent an action, occurrence, or state-of-being of any specific person, place, or thing

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • impersonal
    im-pėr′sun-al, adj. not having personality: (gram.) not varied according to the persons.—n. Impersonal′ity.—adv. Imper′sonally.—v.t. Imper′sonāte, to invest with personality or the bodily substance of a person: to ascribe the qualities of a person to: to personify: to assume the person or character of, esp. on the stage.—adj. personified.—ns. Impersonā′tion; Imper′sonātor

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