impersonal
pronunciation
How to pronounce impersonal in British English:
UK [ɪmˈpɜːsənl]
How to pronounce impersonal in American English:
US [ɪmˈpɜːrsənl]
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- Adjective:
- not relating to or responsive to individual persons
- having no personal preference
Word Origin
- impersonal (adj.)
- mid-15c., a grammatical term, from Late Latin impersonalis, from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + personalis "personal" (see personal). Sense of "not connected with any person" is from 1620s; that of "not endowed with personality" is from 1842. Related: impersonally.
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Example
- 1. They tend to be impersonal and impartial , using logic , rationality , reason .
- 2. Christians do not have an impersonal god , but a god who understands what it means to suffer .
- 3. Frequently , merging banks lose some deposits , as customers disgruntled by a big , impersonal institution take their money elsewhere-sometimes to one of the 100-odd new banks set up in america each year .
- 4. Despite this level of detail , " money and power " remains relatively impersonal about the people it profiles , even when mr. cohan has interviewed the participants in bitter he said / he said goldman sachs disputes .
- 5. Our health-care system has become impersonal , mechanized , and hollow , and it has failed millions of people , many of whom want to find a way to regain control of their own medical decisions .