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
- 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
- abstract
- bureaucratic
- businesslike
- candid
- cold turkey
- cold-blooded
- colorless
- cool
- detached
- disinterested
- dispassionate
- emotionless
- equal
- equitable
- fair
- formal
- impartial
- indifferent
- inhuman
- neutral
- nondiscriminatory
- objective
- poker-faced
- remote
- straight
- strictly business
- unbiased
- uncolored
- unpassioned
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