impersonal

im·per·son·al  (m-pûrs-nl)

adj.

1. Lacking personality; not being a person: an impersonal force.

2.

a. Showing no emotion or personality: an aloof, impersonal manner.

b. Having no personal reference or connection: an impersonal remark.

c. Not responsive to or expressive of human personalities: a large, impersonal corporation.

3. Grammar

a. 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.

b. Indefinite. Used of pronouns.

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im·person·ali·ty (-s-nl-t) n.

im·person·al·ly adv.

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impersonal [ɪmˈpɜːsən^əl]

adj

1. without reference to any individual person; objective an impersonal assessment

2. devoid of human warmth or sympathy; cold an impersonal manner

3. not having human characteristics an impersonal God

4. (Linguistics / Grammar) Grammar (of a verb) having no logical subject. Usually in English the pronoun it is used in such cases as a grammatical subject, as for example in It is raining

5. (Linguistics / Grammar) Grammar (of a pronoun) not denoting a person

impersonality  n

impersonally  adv

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	impersonal - not relating to or responsive to individual persons; "an impersonal corporation"; "an impersonal remark" personal - concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality; "a personal favor"; "for your personal use"; "personal papers"; "I have something personal to tell you"; "a personal God"; "he has his personal bank account and she has hers"
	2.	impersonal - having no personal preference; "impersonal criticism"; "a neutral observer" neutral nonsubjective, objective - undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena; "an objective appraisal"; "objective evidence"

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impersonal

adjective

1. inhuman, cold, remote, bureaucratic a large impersonal orphanage

2. detached, neutral, dispassionate, cold, formal, aloof, businesslike We must be as impersonal as a surgeon with a knife.
detached personal, warm, friendly, intimate, outgoing

Translations

impersonal [ɪmˈpɜːsnl] ADJ → impersonal

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impersonal [ɪmˈpɜː^rs^ənəl] adj → impersonnel(le)

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impersonal

adj → unpersönlich (also Gram)

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impersonal [ɪmˈpɜːsnl] adj

a. (manner, treatment) → impersonale, distaccato/a

b. (Gram) → impersonale

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impersonal [ɪmˈpɜːsnl] adj

a. (manner, treatment) → impersonale, distaccato/a

b. (Gram) → impersonale

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impersonal

adj impersonal [imˈpəːsənl]

1 not showing, or being affected by, personal feelings His manner was formal and impersonal. onpersoonlik غَيْر شَخْصي ، موضوعي безчувствен neosobní upersonlig unpersönlich απρόσωπος, τυπικός impersonal isikupäratu بی غرض kiihkoton impersonnel חֲסַר יַחַס אִישִׁי निरपेक्ष bezličan személytelen tidak menampakkan perasaan pribadi ópersónulegur impersonale 無感情の 비개인적인 bešališkas, objektyvus bezkaislīgs; bezpersonisks tidak dipengaruhi onpersoonlijk upersonlig bezosobowy impessoal (în mod) impersonal, rece беспристрастный neosobný brezoseben bezličan opersonlig ซึ่งขาดบุคลิกลักษณะ kişiliksiz 客觀的﹐ 不帶感情的 об'єктивний; неупереджений غیر ذاتی vô cảm 非个人的

2 (of a verb) having a subject which does not refer to a person, thing etc In the sentence `It snowed last night', `snowed' is an example of an impersonal verb. onpersoonlik لا شَخْصي безличен neosobní upersonligt unpersönlich απρόσωπος (γραμμ.) impersonal umbisikuline غیر شخصی persoonaton impersonnel כִּינוּי סְתָמִי व्यक्ति विहिन bezličan személytelen (ige) impersonal ópersónulegur impersonale 非人称の 비인칭의 beasmenis bezpersonas- kata tak bersifat peribadi onpersoonlijk upersonlig verb w formie nieosobowej impessoal impersonal безличный neosobný brezoseben bezličan opersonlig ที่ไม่เกี่ยวกับบุคคล kişisiz, kişisi belirsiz 非人稱的 безособовий وہ فعل جو ضمیر غیر مشخص سے منسوب ہوا ہو bất định 非人称的

adv imˈpersonally

onpersoonlik بِصورَة غير شخصِيَّه безлично neosobně upersonligt unpersönlich απρόσωπα impersonalmente isikupäratult بی غرضانه kiihkottomasti impersonnellement בְּאוֹפֶן לא אִישִי निवैयक्कितता bezlično személytelenül secara impersonal ópersónulega impersonalmente 客観的に 개인에 관계없이 bešališkai bezkaislīgi; bezpersoniski dengan tidak bersifat peribadi onpersoonlijk upersonlig bezosobowo impessoalmente impersonal объективно neosobne brezosebno bezlično opersonligt อย่างไม่มีบุคลิกภาพ kişiye yönelik olmaksızın 不帶感情地 безособово غیر ذاتی طور پر bâng quơ 非个人地

n imˌpersoˈnality [-ˈna-]

onpersoonlikheid لا شَخْصِيَّه، موضوعِيَّه безличие neosobnost upersonlighed die Unpersönlichkeit η ιδιότητα του να είναι κπ. ή κτ. απρόσωπο(ς) impersonalidad isikupäratus بی غرضی kiihkottomuus impersonnalité חֲסַר אִישִיוּת निवैयक्कितक bezličnost személytelenség ópersónuleiki impersonalità 非人格性 비인격성 bešališkumas bezpersoniskums tidak dipengaruhi onpersoonlijkheid upersonlighet bezosobowość impessoalidade im­perso­na­li­tate объективность neosobnosť brezosebnost bezličnost opersonlighet ความไม่มีบุคลิกภาพ kişisel olmama 不帶感情 неупередженість غیر ذاتی sự thiếu cá tính 与个人无关

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impersonal → موضوعي neosobní upersonlig unpersönlich απρόσωπος impersonal persoonaton impersonnel bezličan impersonale 個人にかかわらない 비개인적인 onpersoonlijk upersonlig bezosobowy impessoal объективный opersonlig ไม่ใช่ส่วนตัว yansız nói chung 非个人的