Impersonal

Quick meaning: Impersonal is an adjective meaning Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality.

Meaning

Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality.

More Meanings

1. Lacking warmth or emotion; cold.
2. (grammar, of a verb or other word) Not having a subject, or having a third person pronoun without an antecedent.
3. (grammar) An impersonal word or construct.

Example Sentences

The verb “rain” is impersonal in sentences like “It’s raining.”

She sounded impersonal as she gave her report of the Nazi death camps.

The great tragedians of Greece reveal to us their people's exquisite sense of beauty, and their faith in an awful, an almighty, but an impersonal power, called Fate

And now it appeared that there was a mysterious Queen clothed by rumour with dread and wonderful attributes, and commonly known by the impersonal, but, to my mind, rather awesome title of She.

Word Forms

• impersonals

Synonyms for impersonal

Depending on context, synonyms include monopersonal, unipersonal, objective, neutral, nonsubjective, nonpersonal.

Antonyms for impersonal

Common opposites include personal.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include neutral, nonpersonal, nonsubjective, objective, cold, distant.

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