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Meaning of impersonal

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

impersonal

Pronunciation:/ɪmˈpɝsənəl/

noun

Definitions

  1. (grammar) An impersonal word or construct.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality.

  2. Lacking warmth or emotion; cold.

    Example: She sounded impersonal as she gave her report of the Nazi death camps.

  3. (grammar, of a verb or other word) Not having a subject, or having a third person pronoun without an antecedent.

    Example: The verb “rain” is impersonal in sentences like “It’s raining.”