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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
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
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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