not personal; without reference or connection to a particular person: an impersonal remark.
having no personality; devoid of human character or traits: an impersonal deity.
lacking human emotion or warmth: an impersonal manner.
Grammar.
(of a verb) having only third person singular forms and rarely if ever accompanied by an expressed subject, as Latin pluit “it is raining,” or regularly accompanied by an empty subject word, as English to rain in It is raining.
(of a pronoun or pronominal reference) indefinite, as French on “one.”
noun
Grammar. an impersonal verb or pronoun.
Origin of impersonal
From the Late Latin word impersōnālis, dating back to 1510–20. See im-2, personal
I think that history is certainly made by some impersonal forces, on occasion.
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In other words, markets were impersonal, but that was good, because sometimes personal ties were cruel and oppressive.
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But over the 20th century, they evolved into something more mechanical and impersonal.
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Many found this to echo a Stepford Wife mentality of women: Women like stories and language, not impersonal, cold, manly numbers!
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Staff members can be rough and impersonal at times, particularly in high-stress areas like emergency rooms.
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On the model's face was her faint, impersonal professional smile that seemed to cover something like weariness or contempt.
The Trimmed Lamp|O. Henry
After that she read to him, and their talk, if any, was impersonal.
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I began to realize why such a proportionate few choose the cold and impersonal laboratory.
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She would not see the man, but the impersonal thought that seems to use him.
Carmen Ariza|Charles Francis Stocking
Plainly in a world where creative power is impersonal the deepest meanings of penitence have no place.
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British Dictionary definitions for impersonal
impersonal
/ (ɪmˈpɜːsənəl) /
adjective
without reference to any individual person; objectivean impersonal assessment
devoid of human warmth or sympathy; coldan impersonal manner
not having human characteristicsan impersonal God
grammar(of a verb) having no logical subject. Usually in English the pronoun it is used in such cases as a grammatical subject, as for example in It is raining