Antonyms for impersonal

Grammar : Adj

Spell : im-pur-suh-nl

Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈpɜr sə nl

Definition of impersonal

Origin : 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.

adj cold, unfriendly

Example sentences :

He repeated this in a voice of impersonal courtesy, and went on to the next group.
Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various

Beautiful she had seemed to him before, but beautiful with a sort of impersonal perfection.
Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim

For the difference between the personal and impersonal was not marked to him as to ourselves.
Extract from : « Philebus » by Plato

That third party or common nature is not social; it is impersonal; is God.
Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

She was calm and impersonal during these interviews, and he tried to be so.
Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

The post was an impersonal and incorruptible go-between, so he wrote frequently.
Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine

He looked more than once at his visitor as he did so, in a preoccupied, impersonal way.
Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic

Of course, her motive had been merely to 195 help him in an impersonal sort of way.
Extract from : « The Wall Street Girl » by Frederick Orin Bartlett

For an impersonal observer she realized they showed too much.
Extract from : « The Wall Street Girl » by Frederick Orin Bartlett

They also come to have community interests of an impersonal sort.
Extract from : « Educational Work of the Girl Scouts » by Louise Stevens Bryant

Synonyms for impersonal

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