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Dictionary: im·per·son·al   (ĭm-pûr'sə-nəl) pronunciation

adj.
  1. Lacking personality; not being a person: an impersonal force.
    1. Showing no emotion or personality: an aloof, impersonal manner.
    2. Having no personal reference or connection: an impersonal remark.
    3. Not responsive to or expressive of human personalities: a large, impersonal corporation.
  2. Grammar.
    1. 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.
    2. Indefinite. Used of pronouns.
impersonality im·per'son·al'i·ty (-sə-năl'ĭ-tē) n.
impersonally im·per'son·al·ly adv.

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adjective

    Feeling or showing no strong emotional involvement: detached, disinterested, dispassionate, indifferent, neutral. See feelings.

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adj

Definition: cold, unfriendly
Antonyms: friend, friendly, informal, personable, personal, warm


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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Having no personal reference or connection.

pronunciation The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor. — Hubert H. Humphrey (1911-1978), American statesman.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - upersonlig

Nederlands (Dutch)
onpersoonlijk

Français (French)
adj. - impersonnel, froid, (Ling) impersonnel

Deutsch (German)
adj. - unpersönlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - απρόσωπος

Italiano (Italian)
impersonale

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - impessoal

Русский (Russian)
беспристрастный, безличный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - impersonal

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - inte personlig, opersonligt (verb), obestämt (pronomen)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
客观的, 非个人的, 和个人无关的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 客觀的, 非個人的, 和個人無關的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 일반적인, 비인격적인, 비인칭의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 人格を有しない, 個人に関しない, 非人称の, 一般的な, 人間味のない
n. - 非人称動詞

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مجهول, لا شخصي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮סתמי, על-אנושי, לא-אישי, חסר-אישיות‬


 
 
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