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The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor.
Hubert H. Humphrey

Meaning of "impersonal" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF IMPERSONAL

impersonal  [ɪmˈpɜːsənəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IMPERSONAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Impersonal is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES IMPERSONAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of impersonal in the English dictionary

The first definition of impersonal in the dictionary is without reference to any individual person; objective. Other definition of impersonal is devoid of human warmth or sympathy; cold. Impersonal is also not having human characteristics.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH IMPERSONAL


additional
əˈdɪʃənəl
arsenal
ˈɑːsənəl
axonal
ˈæksənəl
constitutional
ˌkɒnstɪˈtjuːʃənəl
educational
ˌɛdjʊˈkeɪʃənəl
functional
ˈfʌŋkʃənəl
international
ˌɪntəˈnæʃənəl
interpersonal
ˌɪntəˈpɜːsənəl
intrapersonal
ˌɪntrəˈpɜːsənəl
national
ˈnæʃənəl
nonpersonal
ˌnɒnˈpɜːsənəl
optional
ˈɒpʃənəl
personal
ˈpɜːsənəl
professional
prəˈfɛʃənəl
superpersonal
ˈsuːpərˌpɜːsənəl
transpersonal
trænzˈpɜːsənəl
tripersonal
traɪˈpɜːsənəl
unipersonal
ˌjuːnɪˈpɜːsənəl
unisonal
juːˈnɪsənəl
up-close-and-personal
ˌʌpkləʊsəndˈpɜːsənəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IMPERSONAL

impermanent
impermanently
impermeability
impermeable
impermeableness
impermeably
impermissibility
impermissible
impermissibly
imperscriptible
impersonalisation
impersonalise
impersonality
impersonalization
impersonalize
impersonally
impersonate
impersonation
impersonator
impertinence

WORDS THAT END LIKE IMPERSONAL

chattel personal
conventional
diapasonal
dimensional
emotional
exceptional
hormonal
inspirational
institutional
nonseasonal
occasional
occupational
operational
promotional
seasonal
the National
the Second International
traditional
transitional
up close and personal

Synonyms and antonyms of impersonal in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «IMPERSONAL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «impersonal» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of impersonal

Translation of «impersonal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF IMPERSONAL

Find out the translation of impersonal to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of impersonal from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «impersonal» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

没人情味的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

impersonal
570 millions of speakers

English

impersonal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अवैयक्तिक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مَوْضُوعِي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

безличный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

impessoal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নৈর্ব্যক্তিক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

impersonnel
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Impersonal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unpersönlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

個人にかかわらない
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

비개인적인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Impersonal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lạnh lùng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அப்பாற்பட்ட
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अवैयक्तिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kişiliksiz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

impersonale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bezosobowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

безособовий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

impersonal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απρόσωπος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onpersoonlik
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

opersonlig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

upersonlig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of impersonal

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IMPERSONAL»

The term «impersonal» is quite widely used and occupies the 43.765 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «IMPERSONAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «impersonal» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «impersonal» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about impersonal

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10 QUOTES WITH «IMPERSONAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word impersonal.
1
Bo Derek
Glorifying violence is terrible. Simulating sex is nothing - it's something so impersonal really.
2
Savitri Devi
I worship impersonal Nature, which is neither 'good' or 'bad', and who knows neither love nor hatred.
3
Laura Esquivel
I can't speak for readers in general, but personally I like to read stories behind which there is some truth, something real and above all, something emotional. I don't like to read essays on literature; I don't like to read critical or rational or impersonal or cold disquisitions on subjects.
4
William Hull
One problem with ideas, however valid, is that they are static and impersonal, whereas a person is active and dynamic.
5
Hubert H. Humphrey
The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor.
6
Alfred Jarry
The theater, bringing impersonal masks to life, is only for those who are virile enough to create new life: either as a conflict of passions subtler than those we already know, or as a complete new character.
7
Yusef Komunyakaa
Vietnam helped me to look at the horror and terror in the hearts of people and realize how we can't aim guns and set booby traps for people we have never spoken a word to. That kind of impersonal violence mystifies me.
8
Dennis Kucinich
War can be so impersonal yet when we put a name, a face, a place and match it to families, then war is not impersonal.
9
Jaron Lanier
Anonymous blog comments, vapid video pranks and lightweight mash-ups may seem trivial and harmless, but as a whole, this widespread practice of fragmentary, impersonal communication has demeaned personal interaction.
10
Roy Lichtenstein
Personally, I feel that in my own work I wanted to look programmed or impersonal but I don't really believe I am being impersonal when I do it. And I don't think you could do this.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IMPERSONAL»

Discover the use of impersonal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to impersonal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Tearoom Trade: Impersonal Sex in Public Places
This enlarged edition of Tearoom Trade includes the original text, together with a retrospect, written by Nicholas von Hoffman, Irving Louis Horowitz, Lee Rainwater, Donald P. Warwick, and Myron Glazer.
Laud Humphreys, 2011
2
The Impersonal Life
Author Joseph Benner penned this book in the early 20th century, and it has been a popular title among millions of readers since.
Joseph Benner, 2007
3
Impersonal Influence: How Perceptions of Mass Collectives ...
The book's conclusions do not exonerate media from the effects of inaccurate portrayals of collective experience or opinion, but they suggest that the ways in which people are influenced by these perceptions are in themselves, not so much ...
Diana C. Mutz, 1998
4
Impersonal Constructions: A Cross-linguistic Perspective
Features the contributions that deal with various types of impersonality, namely constructions featuring nonagentive subjects, including those with experiential predicates, presentational constructions with a notional subject deficient in ...
Andre? L?vovich Mal?chukov, Anna Siewierska, 2011
5
Impersonal Power: History and Theory of the Bourgeois State
In this volume.
Heide Gerstenberger, 2007
6
T. S. Eliot's impersonal theory of poetry
From beginning to end the great central theme of Eliot's criticism is that poet and critic must aim "to see the object as in itself it really is." In his practical criticism Eliot's purpose was to act upon these words of Arnold.
Mowbray Allan, 1974
7
Impersonal Si Constructions: Agreement and Interpretation
This book is a research monograph on impersonal si constructions (ISC) in Italian within the Minimalist program framework.
Roberta D'Alessandro, 2007
8
The Early English Impersonal Construction: An Analysis of ...
The Early English Impersonal Construction aims to demonstrate that an understanding of the functional and semantic aspects of impersonal verbs in Old and Middle English can shed light on questions that remain about these verbs today.
Ruth Möhlig-Falke, 2012
9
Impersonal Passion: Language as Affect
Impersonal Passion reinvents questions from linguistics, the philosophy of language, and cultural theory in an illuminating new idiom: the compelling emotion of the language of the everyday./div
Denise Riley, 2005
10
Up Close and Impersonal: A Novel
Phillip Givens is one of the few who possess the unique psychological skills to take human life without remorse.
J Gilchrist Richard J Gilchrist, Richard Gilchrist, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IMPERSONAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term impersonal is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Report: Texas president warns AD to change his impersonal ways …
Often seen as impersonal and arrogant, Patterson's business-first approach -- that is putting money ahead of all else -- was first exposed in a ... «FOXSports.com, Jul 15»
2
Bishops' strategy endangering religious freedom | National Catholic …
... gays and lesbians outside of weddings, nor should there be exemptions for large and impersonal businesses even in the wedding context. «National Catholic Reporter, Jul 15»
3
National Journal will kill off its print edition to invest more in tools and
Stating the obvious, I'm afraid, the receding tide for news weekly magazines is an impersonal force, unimpressed by, indifferent to, the force of ... «Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard, Jul 15»
4
Aurora theater shooting victims say verdict brings relief, sadness …
Tom Teves, whose son Alex was killed, referred to the defendant only by an impersonal pronoun while talking to the media after the verdict. «The Denver Post, Jul 15»
5
Soulless Economics - Counterpunch
An allegedly impersonal economic structure, which quietly benefits the infinitesimally few who have far more than they need, is no foundation ... «CounterPunch, Jul 15»
6
Eid greetings: From home visits to WhatsApp messages - Gulf News
“I think using social media can get a little impersonal because I've received Eid greetings from friends I barely know — but at the same time, you ... «gulfnews.com, Jul 15»
7
Airbnb 'sleep in their beds' campaign branded creepy - Telegraph
“Go look through their windows”, it implored, referring to its hosts in a curiously impersonal way. “Sit at their tables” began another tweet posted ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
8
The art of craft and colour can trule transform a house into a home …
A movement known for its reaction to the impersonal nature of the industrial revolution, arts & crafts houses are relatively rare in Sydney and ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jul 15»
9
Marc Maron's comedy profile, confidence continue to rise - The …
"I had a change of thinking," Maron said of theaters, which he formerly derided as too impersonal. "When you're doing a real theater, I realized ... «The Denver Post, Jul 15»
10
Patrick J. Buchanan: 'Dung of the devil': Is capitalism diabolic …
The pontiff says the capitalist “idolatry of money” creates “the dictatorship of an impersonal economy lacking a truly human purpose.” But it is ... «Tulsa World, Jul 15»

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