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im·per·son·al    Audio Help   [im-pur-suh-nl] Pronunciation Key
–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.
a.(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.
b.(of a pronoun or pronominal reference) indefinite, as French on “one.”
–noun
5.Grammar. an impersonal verb or pronoun.

[Origin: 1510–20; < LL impersōnālis. See im-2, personal]

im·per·son·al·ly, adverb
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im·per·son·al    Audio Help   (ĭm-pûr'sə-nəl)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Lacking personality; not being a person: an impersonal force.
    1. Showing no emotion or personality: an aloof, impersonal manner.
    2. Having no personal reference or connection: an impersonal remark.
    3. Not responsive to or expressive of human personalities: a large, impersonal corporation.
    4. 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.
    5. Indefinite. Used of pronouns.
  2. Grammar
    1. 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.
    2. Indefinite. Used of pronouns.

im·per'son·al'i·ty (-sə-nāl'ĭ-tē) n., im·per'son·al·ly adv.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
impersonal 
1520, a grammatical term, from L.L. impersonalis, from in- "not" + personalis "personal." Sense of "not connected with any person" is from 1630; that of "not endowed with personality" is from 1842.

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impersonal

adjective
1. not relating to or responsive to individual persons; "an impersonal corporation"; "an impersonal remark" [ant: personal
2. having no personal preference; "impersonal criticism"; "a neutral observer" 

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
impersonal1 [imˈpəːsənl] adjective
not showing, or being affected by, personal feelings
Example: His manner was formal and impersonal.
Arabic: غَيْر شَخْصي ، موضوعي
Chinese (Simplified): 非个人的
Chinese (Traditional): 客觀的﹐無個人感情的
Czech: neosobní
Danish: upersonlig
Dutch: onpersoonlijk
Estonian: isikupäratu
Finnish: persoonaton
French: impersonnel
German: unpersönlich
Greek: απρόσωπος, τυπικός
Hungarian: személytelen
Icelandic: ópersónulegur
Indonesian: tidak menampakkan perasaan pribadi
Italian: impersonale
Japanese: 無感情の
Korean: 일반적인
Latvian: bezkaislīgs; bezpersonisks
Lithuanian: bešališkas, objektyvus
Norwegian: upersonlig
Polish: bezosobowy
Portuguese (Brazil): impessoal
Portuguese (Portugal): impessoal
Romanian: (în mod) impersonal, rece
Russian: беспристрастный
Slovak: neosobný
Slovenian: brezoseben
Spanish: impersonal
Swedish: opersonlig
Turkish: kişiliksiz
impersonal2 [imˈpəːsənl] adjective
(of a verb) having a subject which does not refer to a person, thing etc
Example: In the sentence `It snowed last night', `snowed' is an example of an impersonal verb.
Arabic: لا شَخْصي
Chinese (Simplified): 非人称的
Chinese (Traditional): 非人稱的
Czech: neosobní
Danish: upersonligt
Dutch: onpersoonlijk
Estonian: umbisikuline
Finnish: yksipersoonainen
French: impersonnel
German: unpersönlich
Greek: απρόσωπος (γραμμ.)
Hungarian: személytelen (ige)
Icelandic: ópersónulegur
Indonesian: impersonal
Italian: impersonale
Japanese: 非人称の
Korean: 비인칭의
Latvian: bezpersonas-
Lithuanian: beasmenis
Norwegian: upersonlig verb
Polish: w formie nieosobowej
Portuguese (Brazil): impessoal
Portuguese (Portugal): impessoal
Romanian: impersonal
Russian: безличный
Slovak: neosobný
Slovenian: brezoseben
Spanish: impersonal
Swedish: opersonlig
Turkish: kişisiz, kişisi belirsiz
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Impersonal

Im*per"son*al\, a. [L. impersonalis; pref. im- not + personalis personal: cf. F. impersonnel. See Personal.] Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality.

An almighty but impersonal power, called Fate. --Sir J. Stephen.

Impersonal verb (Gram.), a verb used with an indeterminate subject, commonly, in English, with the impersonal pronoun it; as, it rains; it snows; methinks (it seems to me). Many verbs which are not strictly impersonal are often used impersonally; as, it goes well with him.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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