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English Dictionary: impersonal	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for impersonal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
impersonal adj not relating to or responsive to individual persons; "an impersonal corporation"; "an impersonal remark" Antonym(s): personal having no personal preference; "impersonal criticism"; "a neutral observer" Synonym(s): impersonal, neutral
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Impersonal \Imper"sonal\, a. [L. impersonalis; pref. im- not + personalis personal: cf. F. impersonnel. See {Personal}.] Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality. An almighty but impersonal power, called Fate. --Sir J. Stephen. {Impersonal verb} (Gram.), a verb used with an indeterminate subject, commonly, in English, with the impersonal pronoun it; as, it rains; it snows; methinks (it seems to me). Many verbs which are not strictly impersonal are often used impersonally; as, it goes well with him.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Impersonal \Imper"sonal\, n. That which wants personality; specifically (Gram.), an impersonal verb.