Definition of impersonal in English:

impersonal

adjectiveɪmˈpəːs(ə)n(ə)lˌɪmˈpərs(ə)n(ə)l

1Not influenced by, showing, or involving personal feelings.
the impersonal power of a government
Example sentencesExamples
- I know that my last several entries here (with a few exceptions) have been rather impersonal.
- It might suggest a curt, efficient, formal, impersonal, or even angry attitude about the conversation.
- The last thing anyone wants to encounter when reading about newly deceased friends or family is impersonal demands for personal information, all in the name of the almighty dollar.
- Hugging didn't seem impersonal, nor did it say she was ready to kiss him yet.
- Commercialism is getting more brutal than ever and people are getting more impersonal than ever before.
- She knew she'd have to be a little impersonal if she were to help her friend.
- The information media are impersonal and pretend to be objective.
- Living in one place, you are in constant touch with another, not just through impersonal information, but through sustained contact, daily exchange.
- One of the hallmarks of her column, however, is its impersonal nature.
- The impersonal nature of remote collaboration increased their productivity and facilitated collaborative intellectual contributions.
- That hostility is triggering a backlash against both existing regimes and the impersonal forces of globalization.
- Roberts' tone of voice was as impersonal as ever.
- The subject matter may be impersonal and unemotional but it doesn't make it any more enjoyable to know that.
- But there is something a little impersonal about the whole affair.
- E-mails provide instant communication and yet distance the sender because they're so impersonal.
- But a book is always an extension of its author, however impersonal the subject matter.
- Without a human being, it was not possible to manage knowledge, or extract it from raw data and impersonal information.
- Living in a digital age makes communication so much easier, yet perhaps more impersonal.
- Impersonal forces, analogous to gravity in the physical world, shape outcomes.
- I was going to do this with bullet points, but in the end it seemed a bit impersonal.
Synonyms
neutral, unbiased, non-partisan, non-discriminatory, unprejudiced, unswayed, objective, detached, disinterested, dispassionate, free from discrimination, without favouritism, with no axe to grind, without fear or favour
fair, just, equitable, balanced, even-handed
aloof, distant, remote, reserved, withdrawn, unemotional, unfeeling, unsentimental, dispassionate, passionless, cold, cool, frigid, unresponsive, indifferent, unconcerned
formal, stiff, rigid, wooden, starchy, stilted, restrained, self-controlled, matter-of-fact, businesslike, clinical
informal stand-offish
rare gelid
1. 1.1 (of a place or organization) featureless and anonymous.
  an impersonal tower block
  Example sentencesExamples
  It also helps a patient feel far more comfortable than in the more centralised and impersonal environment of a larger complex.
  But what about larger, more impersonal workplaces, such as factories and supermarkets?
  Not only does she inspire respect and reverence from the kids, they see her as the mother they never had, indeed the mother they ran away from at home, even as they desperately need her in the impersonal streets of Johannesburg.
  The impersonal nature of major companies is no accident and at the end of the day, too often there is no one person who can be called to account when something goes wrong.
  She says department stores with their armies of sales people are too impersonal.
  Eighteen per cent of respondents said they preferred other methods of recruitment such as agencies, and would not use a job search website again because of its impersonal nature and lack of accuracy.
  The second part of the film concerns her search through the bewildering urban landscape, the impersonal world of the city putting seemingly insurmountable obstacles in her way at every step.
  At the time, however, my dad deplored the feeling that he was becoming just another number in an impersonal organization, a cog in the machine.
  I'll never understand how people can take such pleasure in struggling a wonky trolley around endless impersonal aisles of soullessly stacked goods week after week after week.
  You may have a tendency to avoid gyms because you think of them as unattractive, boring or impersonal places.
  I thought I'd left that impersonal world behind.
  But online stores are cold, impersonal places devoid of any sense of human contact, where every book is merely an itemised commodity.
  It is a far cry from the hectic, impersonal atmosphere of a hospital ward.
  They shifted authority in public life from the personalities of notable citizens to impersonal organizations.
  Feelings of loneliness for family and friends were constant in the impersonal environment to which they had come.
  Mission work is not just limited to raising money for impersonal organizations.
  I couldn't bear the thought of her lying in some impersonal place with other people looking at her.
  The impersonal nature of the facility has encouraged a lot of motorists to inform the police about accidents.
  The regular corporate structure is so impersonal, they don't get to know the artist.
  In addition, many Southerners felt these churches to be too large, formal, and impersonal to meet their spiritual needs.
  Synonyms
  characterless, unremarkable, nondescript, faceless, colourless, grey
2Not existing as a person.
he gradually came to believe in an impersonal God
Example sentencesExamples
- God is not a personal heavenly Father but an impersonal force.
3Grammar
(of a verb) used only with a formal subject (in English usually it) and expressing an action not attributable to a definite subject (as in it is snowing).
Example sentencesExamples
- The it in suffice it to say is an impersonal or indefinite pronoun, one that functions as a grammatical placeholder without supplying much real meaning.
- As with impersonal constructions, referentially deficient subjects usually occur in the independent clause.
- Both Bactrian and Pagolak recall the mysterious Ursprache of Borges's Tlön, which contains no nouns but only impersonal verbs, and in which famous poems consist of a single enormous word.
- A person is now ‘impersonal,’ as in an impersonal verb construction, as in ‘it is raining.’
- In Russian, this sentence is impersonal, without a subject or a predicate, and only Russian case endings indicate the relations between words.

Derivatives

impersonality

nounɪmpəːs(ə)ˈnalɪti

The house, a 200-year-old country home and former convent, has thirteen bedrooms and a five-star hotel level of service but without a hotel's impersonality.
Example sentencesExamples
- However, though we may on calm reflection see the virtues of allowing large parts of our lives to follow well-worn paths, modern people periodically feel themselves frustrated by the impersonality and predictability of life.
- Woolf's notion of diffuse impersonality is not merely a theoretical condition for artistic creativity; it is the beginning of a mystical idea, an attempt to escape the cell of self-knowledge, a longing for real things.
- Computer presentations have become the standard in many fields, although there is a substantial wailing about the attendant impersonality (and often incomprehensibility) of the result.
- Many critics of contemporary American poetry have mistaken these assertions for an advocacy of impersonality, obscurity, or evasion.

impersonally

adverbɪmˈpəːs(ə)n(ə)liɪmˈpərs(ə)nəli

His surfaces - usually layer upon resanded layer of acrylic - are exquisite, while his forms are severe, cryptic, impersonally abstract and almost maddeningly suggestive.
Example sentencesExamples
- Market forces, working impersonally and without ‘intelligent design,’ can give you a pretty good glimpse at the future.
- It shows up impersonally in arrangements and conditions of social, industrial, technical and general life which, admittedly, are created and tolerated by man.
- My objection would be more to huge schools and school districts where rules for the district are decided impersonally at some big administrative building.
- In ancient Athens, the Court of the Areopagiticus was set up specifically to deal justice impersonally to criminals and bring to an end the feuds and demands for family vengeance which brutalised society.

Origin

Late Middle English (in sense 3): from late Latin impersonalis, from Latin in- 'not' + personalis (see personal).

Rhymes

interpersonal, personal, transpersonal

Definition of impersonal in US English:

impersonal

adjectiveˌimˈpərs(ə)n(ə)lˌɪmˈpərs(ə)n(ə)l

1Not influenced by, showing, or involving personal feelings.
the impersonal march of progress
Example sentencesExamples
- But there is something a little impersonal about the whole affair.
- I was going to do this with bullet points, but in the end it seemed a bit impersonal.
- The last thing anyone wants to encounter when reading about newly deceased friends or family is impersonal demands for personal information, all in the name of the almighty dollar.
- That hostility is triggering a backlash against both existing regimes and the impersonal forces of globalization.
- Commercialism is getting more brutal than ever and people are getting more impersonal than ever before.
- Hugging didn't seem impersonal, nor did it say she was ready to kiss him yet.
- One of the hallmarks of her column, however, is its impersonal nature.
- She knew she'd have to be a little impersonal if she were to help her friend.
- Living in a digital age makes communication so much easier, yet perhaps more impersonal.
- Impersonal forces, analogous to gravity in the physical world, shape outcomes.
- I know that my last several entries here (with a few exceptions) have been rather impersonal.
- The impersonal nature of remote collaboration increased their productivity and facilitated collaborative intellectual contributions.
- The information media are impersonal and pretend to be objective.
- It might suggest a curt, efficient, formal, impersonal, or even angry attitude about the conversation.
- Without a human being, it was not possible to manage knowledge, or extract it from raw data and impersonal information.
- E-mails provide instant communication and yet distance the sender because they're so impersonal.
- Roberts' tone of voice was as impersonal as ever.
- The subject matter may be impersonal and unemotional but it doesn't make it any more enjoyable to know that.
- But a book is always an extension of its author, however impersonal the subject matter.
- Living in one place, you are in constant touch with another, not just through impersonal information, but through sustained contact, daily exchange.
Synonyms
neutral, unbiased, non-partisan, non-discriminatory, unprejudiced, unswayed, objective, detached, disinterested, dispassionate, free from discrimination, without favouritism, with no axe to grind, without fear or favour
aloof, distant, remote, reserved, withdrawn, unemotional, unfeeling, unsentimental, dispassionate, passionless, cold, cool, frigid, unresponsive, indifferent, unconcerned
1. 1.1 (of a place or organization) large, featureless, and anonymous.
  large, impersonal institutions
  Example sentencesExamples
  But online stores are cold, impersonal places devoid of any sense of human contact, where every book is merely an itemised commodity.
  Mission work is not just limited to raising money for impersonal organizations.
  It also helps a patient feel far more comfortable than in the more centralised and impersonal environment of a larger complex.
  They shifted authority in public life from the personalities of notable citizens to impersonal organizations.
  The second part of the film concerns her search through the bewildering urban landscape, the impersonal world of the city putting seemingly insurmountable obstacles in her way at every step.
  Eighteen per cent of respondents said they preferred other methods of recruitment such as agencies, and would not use a job search website again because of its impersonal nature and lack of accuracy.
  It is a far cry from the hectic, impersonal atmosphere of a hospital ward.
  The impersonal nature of major companies is no accident and at the end of the day, too often there is no one person who can be called to account when something goes wrong.
  Not only does she inspire respect and reverence from the kids, they see her as the mother they never had, indeed the mother they ran away from at home, even as they desperately need her in the impersonal streets of Johannesburg.
  At the time, however, my dad deplored the feeling that he was becoming just another number in an impersonal organization, a cog in the machine.
  In addition, many Southerners felt these churches to be too large, formal, and impersonal to meet their spiritual needs.
  Feelings of loneliness for family and friends were constant in the impersonal environment to which they had come.
  I'll never understand how people can take such pleasure in struggling a wonky trolley around endless impersonal aisles of soullessly stacked goods week after week after week.
  I couldn't bear the thought of her lying in some impersonal place with other people looking at her.
  The impersonal nature of the facility has encouraged a lot of motorists to inform the police about accidents.
  She says department stores with their armies of sales people are too impersonal.
  I thought I'd left that impersonal world behind.
  The regular corporate structure is so impersonal, they don't get to know the artist.
  But what about larger, more impersonal workplaces, such as factories and supermarkets?
  You may have a tendency to avoid gyms because you think of them as unattractive, boring or impersonal places.
  Synonyms
  characterless, unremarkable, nondescript, faceless, colourless, grey
2Not existing as a person; having no personality.
he gradually came to believe in an impersonal God
Example sentencesExamples
- God is not a personal heavenly Father but an impersonal force.
3Grammar
(of a verb) used only with a formal subject (in English usually it) and expressing an action not attributable to a definite subject (as in it is snowing).
Example sentencesExamples
- A person is now ‘impersonal,’ as in an impersonal verb construction, as in ‘it is raining.’
- Both Bactrian and Pagolak recall the mysterious Ursprache of Borges's Tlön, which contains no nouns but only impersonal verbs, and in which famous poems consist of a single enormous word.
- As with impersonal constructions, referentially deficient subjects usually occur in the independent clause.
- In Russian, this sentence is impersonal, without a subject or a predicate, and only Russian case endings indicate the relations between words.
- The it in suffice it to say is an impersonal or indefinite pronoun, one that functions as a grammatical placeholder without supplying much real meaning.

Origin

Late Middle English (in impersonal (sense 3)): from late Latin impersonalis, from Latin in- ‘not’ + personalis (see personal).

单词	impersonal
释义	Definition of impersonal in English: impersonal adjectiveɪmˈpəːs(ə)n(ə)lˌɪmˈpərs(ə)n(ə)l 1Not influenced by, showing, or involving personal feelings. the impersonal power of a government Example sentencesExamples I know that my last several entries here (with a few exceptions) have been rather impersonal. It might suggest a curt, efficient, formal, impersonal, or even angry attitude about the conversation. The last thing anyone wants to encounter when reading about newly deceased friends or family is impersonal demands for personal information, all in the name of the almighty dollar. Hugging didn't seem impersonal, nor did it say she was ready to kiss him yet. Commercialism is getting more brutal than ever and people are getting more impersonal than ever before. She knew she'd have to be a little impersonal if she were to help her friend. The information media are impersonal and pretend to be objective. Living in one place, you are in constant touch with another, not just through impersonal information, but through sustained contact, daily exchange. One of the hallmarks of her column, however, is its impersonal nature. The impersonal nature of remote collaboration increased their productivity and facilitated collaborative intellectual contributions. That hostility is triggering a backlash against both existing regimes and the impersonal forces of globalization. Roberts' tone of voice was as impersonal as ever. The subject matter may be impersonal and unemotional but it doesn't make it any more enjoyable to know that. But there is something a little impersonal about the whole affair. E-mails provide instant communication and yet distance the sender because they're so impersonal. But a book is always an extension of its author, however impersonal the subject matter. Without a human being, it was not possible to manage knowledge, or extract it from raw data and impersonal information. Living in a digital age makes communication so much easier, yet perhaps more impersonal. Impersonal forces, analogous to gravity in the physical world, shape outcomes. I was going to do this with bullet points, but in the end it seemed a bit impersonal. Synonyms neutral, unbiased, non-partisan, non-discriminatory, unprejudiced, unswayed, objective, detached, disinterested, dispassionate, free from discrimination, without favouritism, with no axe to grind, without fear or favour fair, just, equitable, balanced, even-handed aloof, distant, remote, reserved, withdrawn, unemotional, unfeeling, unsentimental, dispassionate, passionless, cold, cool, frigid, unresponsive, indifferent, unconcerned formal, stiff, rigid, wooden, starchy, stilted, restrained, self-controlled, matter-of-fact, businesslike, clinical informal stand-offish rare gelid 1.1 (of a place or organization) featureless and anonymous. an impersonal tower block Example sentencesExamples It also helps a patient feel far more comfortable than in the more centralised and impersonal environment of a larger complex. But what about larger, more impersonal workplaces, such as factories and supermarkets? Not only does she inspire respect and reverence from the kids, they see her as the mother they never had, indeed the mother they ran away from at home, even as they desperately need her in the impersonal streets of Johannesburg. The impersonal nature of major companies is no accident and at the end of the day, too often there is no one person who can be called to account when something goes wrong. She says department stores with their armies of sales people are too impersonal. Eighteen per cent of respondents said they preferred other methods of recruitment such as agencies, and would not use a job search website again because of its impersonal nature and lack of accuracy. The second part of the film concerns her search through the bewildering urban landscape, the impersonal world of the city putting seemingly insurmountable obstacles in her way at every step. At the time, however, my dad deplored the feeling that he was becoming just another number in an impersonal organization, a cog in the machine. I'll never understand how people can take such pleasure in struggling a wonky trolley around endless impersonal aisles of soullessly stacked goods week after week after week. You may have a tendency to avoid gyms because you think of them as unattractive, boring or impersonal places. I thought I'd left that impersonal world behind. But online stores are cold, impersonal places devoid of any sense of human contact, where every book is merely an itemised commodity. It is a far cry from the hectic, impersonal atmosphere of a hospital ward. They shifted authority in public life from the personalities of notable citizens to impersonal organizations. Feelings of loneliness for family and friends were constant in the impersonal environment to which they had come. Mission work is not just limited to raising money for impersonal organizations. I couldn't bear the thought of her lying in some impersonal place with other people looking at her. The impersonal nature of the facility has encouraged a lot of motorists to inform the police about accidents. The regular corporate structure is so impersonal, they don't get to know the artist. In addition, many Southerners felt these churches to be too large, formal, and impersonal to meet their spiritual needs. Synonyms characterless, unremarkable, nondescript, faceless, colourless, grey 2Not existing as a person. he gradually came to believe in an impersonal God Example sentencesExamples God is not a personal heavenly Father but an impersonal force. 3Grammar (of a verb) used only with a formal subject (in English usually it) and expressing an action not attributable to a definite subject (as in it is snowing). Example sentencesExamples The it in suffice it to say is an impersonal or indefinite pronoun, one that functions as a grammatical placeholder without supplying much real meaning. As with impersonal constructions, referentially deficient subjects usually occur in the independent clause. Both Bactrian and Pagolak recall the mysterious Ursprache of Borges's Tlön, which contains no nouns but only impersonal verbs, and in which famous poems consist of a single enormous word. A person is now ‘impersonal,’ as in an impersonal verb construction, as in ‘it is raining.’ In Russian, this sentence is impersonal, without a subject or a predicate, and only Russian case endings indicate the relations between words. Derivatives impersonality nounɪmpəːs(ə)ˈnalɪti The house, a 200-year-old country home and former convent, has thirteen bedrooms and a five-star hotel level of service but without a hotel's impersonality. Example sentencesExamples However, though we may on calm reflection see the virtues of allowing large parts of our lives to follow well-worn paths, modern people periodically feel themselves frustrated by the impersonality and predictability of life. Woolf's notion of diffuse impersonality is not merely a theoretical condition for artistic creativity; it is the beginning of a mystical idea, an attempt to escape the cell of self-knowledge, a longing for real things. Computer presentations have become the standard in many fields, although there is a substantial wailing about the attendant impersonality (and often incomprehensibility) of the result. Many critics of contemporary American poetry have mistaken these assertions for an advocacy of impersonality, obscurity, or evasion. impersonally adverbɪmˈpəːs(ə)n(ə)liɪmˈpərs(ə)nəli His surfaces - usually layer upon resanded layer of acrylic - are exquisite, while his forms are severe, cryptic, impersonally abstract and almost maddeningly suggestive. Example sentencesExamples Market forces, working impersonally and without ‘intelligent design,’ can give you a pretty good glimpse at the future. It shows up impersonally in arrangements and conditions of social, industrial, technical and general life which, admittedly, are created and tolerated by man. My objection would be more to huge schools and school districts where rules for the district are decided impersonally at some big administrative building. In ancient Athens, the Court of the Areopagiticus was set up specifically to deal justice impersonally to criminals and bring to an end the feuds and demands for family vengeance which brutalised society. Origin Late Middle English (in sense 3): from late Latin impersonalis, from Latin in- 'not' + personalis (see personal). Rhymes interpersonal, personal, transpersonal Definition of impersonal in US English: impersonal adjectiveˌimˈpərs(ə)n(ə)lˌɪmˈpərs(ə)n(ə)l 1Not influenced by, showing, or involving personal feelings. the impersonal march of progress Example sentencesExamples But there is something a little impersonal about the whole affair. I was going to do this with bullet points, but in the end it seemed a bit impersonal. The last thing anyone wants to encounter when reading about newly deceased friends or family is impersonal demands for personal information, all in the name of the almighty dollar. That hostility is triggering a backlash against both existing regimes and the impersonal forces of globalization. Commercialism is getting more brutal than ever and people are getting more impersonal than ever before. Hugging didn't seem impersonal, nor did it say she was ready to kiss him yet. One of the hallmarks of her column, however, is its impersonal nature. She knew she'd have to be a little impersonal if she were to help her friend. Living in a digital age makes communication so much easier, yet perhaps more impersonal. Impersonal forces, analogous to gravity in the physical world, shape outcomes. I know that my last several entries here (with a few exceptions) have been rather impersonal. The impersonal nature of remote collaboration increased their productivity and facilitated collaborative intellectual contributions. The information media are impersonal and pretend to be objective. It might suggest a curt, efficient, formal, impersonal, or even angry attitude about the conversation. Without a human being, it was not possible to manage knowledge, or extract it from raw data and impersonal information. E-mails provide instant communication and yet distance the sender because they're so impersonal. Roberts' tone of voice was as impersonal as ever. The subject matter may be impersonal and unemotional but it doesn't make it any more enjoyable to know that. But a book is always an extension of its author, however impersonal the subject matter. Living in one place, you are in constant touch with another, not just through impersonal information, but through sustained contact, daily exchange. Synonyms neutral, unbiased, non-partisan, non-discriminatory, unprejudiced, unswayed, objective, detached, disinterested, dispassionate, free from discrimination, without favouritism, with no axe to grind, without fear or favour aloof, distant, remote, reserved, withdrawn, unemotional, unfeeling, unsentimental, dispassionate, passionless, cold, cool, frigid, unresponsive, indifferent, unconcerned 1.1 (of a place or organization) large, featureless, and anonymous. large, impersonal institutions Example sentencesExamples But online stores are cold, impersonal places devoid of any sense of human contact, where every book is merely an itemised commodity. Mission work is not just limited to raising money for impersonal organizations. It also helps a patient feel far more comfortable than in the more centralised and impersonal environment of a larger complex. They shifted authority in public life from the personalities of notable citizens to impersonal organizations. The second part of the film concerns her search through the bewildering urban landscape, the impersonal world of the city putting seemingly insurmountable obstacles in her way at every step. Eighteen per cent of respondents said they preferred other methods of recruitment such as agencies, and would not use a job search website again because of its impersonal nature and lack of accuracy. It is a far cry from the hectic, impersonal atmosphere of a hospital ward. The impersonal nature of major companies is no accident and at the end of the day, too often there is no one person who can be called to account when something goes wrong. Not only does she inspire respect and reverence from the kids, they see her as the mother they never had, indeed the mother they ran away from at home, even as they desperately need her in the impersonal streets of Johannesburg. At the time, however, my dad deplored the feeling that he was becoming just another number in an impersonal organization, a cog in the machine. In addition, many Southerners felt these churches to be too large, formal, and impersonal to meet their spiritual needs. Feelings of loneliness for family and friends were constant in the impersonal environment to which they had come. I'll never understand how people can take such pleasure in struggling a wonky trolley around endless impersonal aisles of soullessly stacked goods week after week after week. I couldn't bear the thought of her lying in some impersonal place with other people looking at her. The impersonal nature of the facility has encouraged a lot of motorists to inform the police about accidents. She says department stores with their armies of sales people are too impersonal. I thought I'd left that impersonal world behind. The regular corporate structure is so impersonal, they don't get to know the artist. But what about larger, more impersonal workplaces, such as factories and supermarkets? You may have a tendency to avoid gyms because you think of them as unattractive, boring or impersonal places. Synonyms characterless, unremarkable, nondescript, faceless, colourless, grey 2Not existing as a person; having no personality. he gradually came to believe in an impersonal God Example sentencesExamples God is not a personal heavenly Father but an impersonal force. 3Grammar (of a verb) used only with a formal subject (in English usually it) and expressing an action not attributable to a definite subject (as in it is snowing). Example sentencesExamples A person is now ‘impersonal,’ as in an impersonal verb construction, as in ‘it is raining.’ Both Bactrian and Pagolak recall the mysterious Ursprache of Borges's Tlön, which contains no nouns but only impersonal verbs, and in which famous poems consist of a single enormous word. As with impersonal constructions, referentially deficient subjects usually occur in the independent clause. In Russian, this sentence is impersonal, without a subject or a predicate, and only Russian case endings indicate the relations between words. The it in suffice it to say is an impersonal or indefinite pronoun, one that functions as a grammatical placeholder without supplying much real meaning. Origin Late Middle English (in impersonal (sense 3)): from late Latin impersonalis, from Latin in- ‘not’ + personalis (see personal).
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