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impersonal

Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɝsənəl/

The English word “impersonal” has 4 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality.
  2. Lacking warmth or emotion; cold.
  3. Not having a subject, or having a third person pronoun without an antecedent.

noun

  1. An impersonal word or construct.

Etymology

From French impersonnel, from Latin impersōnālis, from im- (“not”) + persōnālis (“personal”), equivalent to im- + personal.

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