EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French impersonnel, from Latin impersōnālis, from Latin im- (“not”) + persōnālis (“personal”).
AdjectiveEdit
impersonal (comparative more impersonal, superlative most impersonal)
- Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality.
- An almighty but impersonal power, called Fate. –Sir J. Stephen.
- Lacking warmth or emotion; cold.
- She sounded impersonal as she gave her report of the Nazi death camps.
- (grammar, of a verb or other word) Not having a subject, or having a third person pronoun without an antecedent.
- The verb “rain” is impersonal in sentences like “It’s raining.”
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TranslationsEdit
not representing a person
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lacking warmth or emotion
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