impersonal

impersonal
impersonal [im pʉr′sə nəl]
adj.
[LL impersonalis]
1. not personal; specif.,
a) without connection or reference to any particular person [an impersonal comment]
b) not existing as a person [an impersonal force]
2. not showing human feelings, esp. sympathy or warmth [don't be so cold and impersonal]
3. Gram.
a) designating or of a verb occurring only in the third person singular, in English generally with it as the indefinite subject (Ex.: “it is snowing”)
b) indefinite: said of pronouns
n.
an impersonal verb or pronoun
impersonality [im pʉr′sənal′i tē]
n.
impersonally
adv.

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