'Impersonal' definitions:
Definition of 'impersonal'
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Definition of 'Impersonal'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- An almighty but impersonal power, called Fate. --Sir J. Stephen. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Impersonal'
From: GCIDE
- Impersonal \Im*per"son*al\, n. That which wants personality; specifically (Gram.), an impersonal verb. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'impersonal'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstract,
- aloof,
- backward,
- bashful,
- blank,
- candid,
- chilled,
- chilly,
- cold,
- cold-blooded,
- colorless,
- constrained,
- conventionalized,
- cool,
- detached,
- discreet,
- disinterested,
- dispassionate,
- distant,
- emotionless,
- equal,
- equitable,
- evenhanded,
- expressionless,
- external,
- extraneous,
- extraorganismal,
- extrinsic,
- fair,
- forbidding,
- foreign,
- formal,
- formalist,
- formalistic,
- formulary,
- frigid,
- frosty,
- guarded,
- icy,
- impartial,
- impassive,
- inaccessible,
- indifferent,
- introverted,
- just,
- legalistic,
- lofty,
- matter-of-fact,
- mechanical,
- modest,
- neutral,
- nominal,
- nonsubjective,
- objective,
- offish,
- Olympian,
- outlying,
- outside,
- outward,
- pedantic,
- poker-faced,
- prim,
- remote,
- removed,
- repressed,
- reserved,
- restrained,
- reticent,
- retiring,
- rigid,
- selfless,
- shrinking,
- standoff,
- standoffish,
- stiff,
- strait-laced,
- stuffy,
- stylized,
- subdued,
- superficial,
- suppressed,
- surface,
- unaffable,
- unapproachable,
- unbiased,
- uncolored,
- uncongenial,
- undazzled,
- undemonstrative,
- unexpansive,
- unfriendly,
- ungenial,
- unimpassioned,
- uninfluenced,
- unjaundiced,
- unprejudiced,
- unprepossessed,
- unselfish,
- unswayed,
- withdrawn,
- wooden