impersonal.
Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality.
Meaning & usage
Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality.
Lacking warmth or emotion; cold.
She sounded impersonal as she gave her report of the Nazi death camps.
Not having a subject, or having a third person pronoun without an antecedent.
The verb “rain” is impersonal in sentences like “It’s raining.”
Where this word comes from
From French impersonnel, from Latin impersōnālis, from im- (“not”) + persōnālis (“personal”), equivalent to im- + personal.
An impersonal word or construct.
Where this word comes from
From French impersonnel, from Latin impersōnālis, from im- (“not”) + persōnālis (“personal”), equivalent to im- + personal.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.