IMPERSONAL

impersonal, neutral

(adjective) having no personal preference; “impersonal criticism”; “a neutral observer”

impersonal

(adjective) not relating to or responsive to individual persons; “an impersonal corporation”; “an impersonal remark”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

impersonal (comparative more impersonal, superlative most impersonal)

Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality.

Lacking warmth or emotion; cold.

(grammar, of a verb or other word) Not having a subject, or having a third person pronoun without an antecedent.

Synonyms

• (grammar): monopersonal, unipersonal

Noun

impersonal (plural impersonals)

(grammar) An impersonal word or construct.

Anagrams

• mailperson, prolamines

Source: Wiktionary

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Im*per"son*al, a. Etym: [L. impersonalis; pref. im- not + personalis personal: cf. F. impersonnel. See Personal.]

Definition: 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.

Im*per"son*al, n.

Definition: That which wants personality; specifically (Gram.), an impersonal verb.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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