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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. not relating to or responsive to individual persons;
- Example: "an impersonal corporation"
- Example: "an impersonal remark"

2. having no personal preference;
- Example: "impersonal criticism"
- Example: "a neutral observer"
[syn: impersonal, neutral]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Impersonal \Im*per"son*al\, a. [L. impersonalis; pref. im- not + personalis personal: cf. F. impersonnel. See Personal.] Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality. [1913 Webster] An almighty but impersonal power, called Fate. --Sir J. Stephen. [1913 Webster] Impersonal verb (Gram.), a verb used with an indeterminate subject, commonly, in English, with the impersonal pronoun it; as, it rains; it snows; methinks (it seems to me). Many verbs which are not strictly impersonal are often used impersonally; as, it goes well with him. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Impersonal \Im*per"son*al\, n. That which wants personality; specifically (Gram.), an impersonal verb. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

impersonal adj 1: not relating to or responsive to individual persons; "an impersonal corporation"; "an impersonal remark" [ant: personal] 2: having no personal preference; "impersonal criticism"; "a neutral observer" [syn: impersonal, neutral]