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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024im•per•son•al /ɪmˈpɜrsənəl/USA pronunciation adj. - lacking reference to a person:impersonal remarks.
- without human traits:an impersonal god.
- lacking human emotion or warmth:a cold, impersonal letter of rejection.
- Grammar[before a noun]
- (of a verb) having only third person singular forms and used without an expressed subject, as Latin pluit "it is raining,'' or occurring with an empty subject word, as the English verb rain in It is raining.
- (of a pronoun) indefinite, as French on "one.''
im•per•son•al•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024im•per•son•al (im pûr′sə nl),USA pronunciation adj. - not personal;
without reference or connection to a particular person:an impersonal remark. - having no personality;
devoid of human character or traits:an impersonal deity. - lacking human emotion or warmth:an impersonal manner.
- Grammar
- (of a verb) having only third person singular forms and rarely if ever accompanied by an expressed subject, as Latin pluit "it is raining,'' or regularly accompanied by an empty subject word, as English to rain in It is raining.
- (of a pronoun or pronominal reference) indefinite, as French on "one.''
n. - Grammaran impersonal verb or pronoun.
- Late Latin impersōnālis. See im-2, personal
- 1510–20
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