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im·per·son·al
 impersonal
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- pronunciation:
- ihm
puhr
s
nl
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
without reference or connection to any person.
A hurricane is an impersonal force of nature.- similar words:
- inanimate, mechanical, soulless
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| definition 2: |
marked by lack of reflection or acknowledgement of someone's individuality or of a personal relationship to oneself.
The dormitory rooms all look quite impersonal.A printed invitation from my own sister seems so impersonal.- antonyms:
- personal
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| definition 3: |
without human qualities or expression of human emotion, esp. responsiveness to others.
an impersonal stare- synonyms:
- impassive, inhuman
- antonyms:
- caring, compassionate, emotional, human
- similar words:
- aloof, detached, dispassionate, indifferent, remote
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| definition 4: |
in grammar, of or denoting a verb form or construction in which no explicit subject is present, as in "It is raining".
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| related words: |
objective |
adverb + (adj.)impersonal
anything, but, completely, curiously, entirely, highly, increasingly, less, oddly, relatively, seemingly, somewhat, strictly, totally
(adj.)impersonal
+ noun
authority,
beatitude,
bureaucracy,
coercion,
component,
description,
discourse,
e-mail,
exchange,
explanation,
expression,
force,
gift,
institution,
interaction,
knowledge,
logic,
machinery,
manner,
medium,
narration,
narrator,
nature,
object,
perspective,
realm,
recipient,
relation,
reward,
smile,
style,
tendency,
tone,
touch,
universe,
voice
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
an impersonal verb, construction, or the like.
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| derivations: |
impersonally (adv.), impersonality (n.) |
The word impersonal
contains the following parts:
im-2
Latin
prefix
that means not, without
  More about this word part:
The prefix im-2 occurs in Latin loanwords. It is an assimilated form of in-2 used before roots beginning with the letter "m," "p," and "b." See in-2.
Example words:
imbalance, immaculate, immaterial, immature, immediate, immiscible, immobile, immodest, immortal, immovable, immune, immutable, impalpable, impartial, impassable, impatient, impeccable, impecunious, impenitent, imperfect, impermeable, impermissible, impersonal, imperturbable, impervious, implacable, implausible, impolite, imponderable, impossible, impotent, impregnable, improper, impropriety, improvise, imprudent, impudent, impunity, impure
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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