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   impersonal

   /ɪmˈpəːs(ə)nl/

   adjective

   • 1. not influenced by, showing, or involving personal feelings: "the impersonal power of a government" Similar neutralunbiasednon-partisannon-discriminatoryunprejudicedunswayedobjectivedetacheddisinteresteddispassionatefree from discriminationwithout favouritismwith no axe to grindwithout fear or favourfairjustequitablebalancedeven-handedaloofdistantremotereservedwithdrawnunemotionalunfeelingunsentimentaldispassionatepassionlesscoldcoolfrigidunresponsiveindifferentunconcernedformalstiffrigidwoodenstarchystiltedrestrainedself-controlledmatter-of-factbusinesslikeclinicalinformal:stand-offishrare:gelidOpposite biasedwarmemotional
   • ▪ (of a place or organization) featureless and anonymous: "an impersonal tower block"
   • 2. not existing as a person: "he gradually came to believe in an impersonal God"
   • 3. (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).

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

   Derivatives

   • 1. impersonality noun
   • 2. impersonally adverb

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