IMPERSONAL | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Impersonal

Speech Type: Adjective

Etymology:

late Middle English (in impersonal (sense 3)): from late Latin impersonalis, from Latin in- ‘not’ + personalis (see personal)

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ɪmˈpəːs(ə)nl
Dialects: British English
Definition:

not influenced by, showing, or involving personal feelings

Short Definition:

not influenced by personal feelings

Examples:
  • the impersonal power of a government
Definition:

not existing as a person

Short Definition:

not existing as a person

Examples:
  • he gradually came to believe in an impersonal God
Definition:

(of a verb) used only with a formal subject (in English usually it) and expressing an action not attributable to a definite subject (as in it is snowing).

Short Definition:

(of verb) having ‘it’ as subject

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