impersonal
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im·per·son·al
(ĭm-pûr'sə-nəl) 
adj.
impersonally im·per'son·al·ly adv.
adj.
- Lacking personality; not being a person: an impersonal force.
- Showing no emotion or personality: an aloof, impersonal manner.
- Having no personal reference or connection: an impersonal remark.
- Not responsive to or expressive of human personalities: a large, impersonal corporation.
- Grammar.
- 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.
- Indefinite. Used of pronouns.
impersonally im·per'son·al·ly adv.
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Roget's Thesaurus:
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impersonal
adjective
- Feeling or showing no strong emotional involvement: detached, disinterested, dispassionate, indifferent, neutral. See feelings.
Antonyms by Answers.com:
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impersonal
adj
Definition: cold, unfriendly
Antonyms: friend, friendly, informal, personable, personal, warm
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IN BRIEF: Having no personal reference or connection.
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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categories related to 'impersonal'
- Grammar and Usage - impersonal: (adj) being a verb with only third person singular forms and having an unspecified subject
- Cold, Unfriendly, Irritable, or Cruel
Bradford's Crossword Solver's Dictionary:
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See crossword solutions for the clue Impersonal.
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Impersonal
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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