impersonalistadj.n.

Brit.

/ɪmˈpəːsn̩əlɪst/,

/ɪmˈpəːsn̩l̩ɪst/,

/ɪmˈpəːsənl̩ɪst/,

/ɪmˈpəːs(ə)nəlɪst/, U.S.

/ᵻmˈpərs(ə)nələst/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: impersonal adj., -ist suffix.

Etymology: < impersonal adj. + -ist suffix. Compare earlier impersonalism n.

A. adj.

Designating any of various theories or approaches which reduce or reject the importance of the individual (as a being, focus, subject, author, etc.); (Theology) designating a theory or belief that God or a god does not have the nature of or manifest as a person or being (cf. impersonal adj. 3a). Also: advocating, following, or relating to any such theory, approach, or belief.

ΚΠ

1885 Contemp. Rev. Jan. 277 Are you realist, idealist, naturalist, or impersonalist (to use the new term recently applied to a particular method in art)?

1946 Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Aug. 376/2 The doctrine of the self is next developed;..the impersonalist mysticism of Heard and Huxley is searchingly criticized.

1980 Philos. East & West 30 10 Science, especially in its reductionist and impersonalist moods, represents the kind of model explanation of the world of experience to which all other cognitive enterprises should aspire.

1994 W. Shaw Spying in Guru Land (1995) iii. 80 Other ‘impersonalist’ forms of Hinduism that deny the tangibility of a real Krishna as the supreme Lord in all his many forms are absolutely rejected.

2002 K. F. Cuddeback & P. Taboada in P. Taboada et al. Person, Society & Value Introd. 1 With the individual person as decisive for what constitutes the end of medicine, it seems that a way has been found to overcome the mechanistic and impersonalist approaches to viewing health.

B. n.

A person who advocates an impersonalist theory or approach, or who holds an impersonalist belief. Also: a person who does not show, or is not influenced by, personal feelings.In quot. 1899: a person who believes Shakespeare's Sonnets were not addressed to any person or people in particular.

ΚΠ

1899 Speaker 9 Dec. 263/1 The weak point in the armour of the impersonalist is the dedication.

1913 Smart Set May 21/1 She rather liked having Brent, the unruffled impersonalist, say please to her like that.

1959 H. M. Jones One Great Society in Jrnl. Higher Educ. 31 169/2 Perhaps the leading theoretical question in the field [of social science] is the question of ameliorative versus mere reporting, observation, and mensuration, but even the impersonalists, if one may coin a word, believe they are working for a better science and a better society.

2008 Pluralist 3 105 The personal God, and personal immortality, are sometimes held by impersonalists of various kinds to be the popular view, a lower level of understanding.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	impersonalist
释义	impersonalistadj.n. Brit. /ɪmˈpəːsn̩əlɪst/, /ɪmˈpəːsn̩l̩ɪst/, /ɪmˈpəːsənl̩ɪst/, /ɪmˈpəːs(ə)nəlɪst/, U.S. /ᵻmˈpərs(ə)nələst/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: impersonal adj., -ist suffix. Etymology: < impersonal adj. + -ist suffix. Compare earlier impersonalism n. A. adj. Designating any of various theories or approaches which reduce or reject the importance of the individual (as a being, focus, subject, author, etc.); (Theology) designating a theory or belief that God or a god does not have the nature of or manifest as a person or being (cf. impersonal adj. 3a). Also: advocating, following, or relating to any such theory, approach, or belief. ΚΠ 1885 Contemp. Rev. Jan. 277 Are you realist, idealist, naturalist, or impersonalist (to use the new term recently applied to a particular method in art)? 1946 Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Aug. 376/2 The doctrine of the self is next developed;..the impersonalist mysticism of Heard and Huxley is searchingly criticized. 1980 Philos. East & West 30 10 Science, especially in its reductionist and impersonalist moods, represents the kind of model explanation of the world of experience to which all other cognitive enterprises should aspire. 1994 W. Shaw Spying in Guru Land (1995) iii. 80 Other ‘impersonalist’ forms of Hinduism that deny the tangibility of a real Krishna as the supreme Lord in all his many forms are absolutely rejected. 2002 K. F. Cuddeback & P. Taboada in P. Taboada et al. Person, Society & Value Introd. 1 With the individual person as decisive for what constitutes the end of medicine, it seems that a way has been found to overcome the mechanistic and impersonalist approaches to viewing health. B. n. A person who advocates an impersonalist theory or approach, or who holds an impersonalist belief. Also: a person who does not show, or is not influenced by, personal feelings.In quot. 1899: a person who believes Shakespeare's Sonnets were not addressed to any person or people in particular. ΚΠ 1899 Speaker 9 Dec. 263/1 The weak point in the armour of the impersonalist is the dedication. 1913 Smart Set May 21/1 She rather liked having Brent, the unruffled impersonalist, say please to her like that. 1959 H. M. Jones One Great Society in Jrnl. Higher Educ. 31 169/2 Perhaps the leading theoretical question in the field [of social science] is the question of ameliorative versus mere reporting, observation, and mensuration, but even the impersonalists, if one may coin a word, believe they are working for a better science and a better society. 2008 Pluralist 3 105 The personal God, and personal immortality, are sometimes held by impersonalists of various kinds to be the popular view, a lower level of understanding. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1885
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