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impersonal
im·per·son·al I0058600 (ĭm-pûr′sə-nəl)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.
im·per′son·al′i·ty (-sə-năl′ĭ-tē) n.im·per′son·al·ly adv.impersonal (ɪmˈpɜːsənəl) adj1. 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. (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 raining5. (Grammar) grammar (of a pronoun) not denoting a person imˌpersonˈality n imˈpersonally advim•per•son•al (ɪmˈpɜr sə nl)
adj. 1. lacking reference to a particular person: an impersonal remark. 2. devoid of human character or traits. 3. lacking human emotion or warmth. 4. a. (of a verb) having only third person singular forms and used without an expressed subject, as Latin pluit “it is raining,” or accompanied by an empty subject word, as the verb rain in It is raining. b. (of a pronoun) indefinite, as French on “one.” [1510–20; < Late Latin] im•per′son•al•ly, 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"neutralnonsubjective, objective - undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena; "an objective appraisal"; "objective evidence" |
impersonaladjective1. inhuman, cold, remote, bureaucratic a large impersonal orphanage2. detached, neutral, dispassionate, cold, formal, aloof, businesslike We must be as impersonal as a surgeon with a knife.
detached personal, warm, friendly, intimate, outgoingimpersonaladjectiveFeeling or showing no strong emotional involvement:detached, disinterested, dispassionate, indifferent, neutral.Translationsimpersonal (imˈpəːsənl) adjective1. not showing, or being affected by, personal feelings. His manner was formal and impersonal. 客觀的，不帶感情的 客观的，不受个人感情影响的 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. 非人稱的 非人称的imˈpersonally adverb 不帶感情地 与个人无关地imˌpersoˈnality (-ˈna-) noun 不帶感情 客观冷静，无人情味 impersonal
Synonyms for impersonaladj inhumanSynonyms- inhuman
- cold
- remote
- bureaucratic
adj detachedSynonyms- detached
- neutral
- dispassionate
- cold
- formal
- aloof
- businesslike
Antonyms- personal
- warm
- friendly
- intimate
- outgoing
Synonyms for impersonaladj feeling or showing no strong emotional involvementSynonyms- detached
- disinterested
- dispassionate
- indifferent
- neutral
Synonyms for impersonaladj not relating to or responsive to individual personsAntonymsadj having no personal preferenceSynonymsRelated Words |