impersonal
/ɪmˈpɝsənəl/
noun
- 1
(grammar) An impersonal word or construct.
adjective
- 1
Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality.
- 2
Lacking warmth or emotion; cold.
“She sounded impersonal as she gave her report of the Nazi death camps.”
- 3
(grammar, of a verb or other word) Not having a subject, or having a third person pronoun without an antecedent.
“The verb “rain” is impersonal in sentences like “It’s raining.””
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