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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