Definition of Impersonal. Meaning of Impersonal. Synonyms of Impersonal

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Definition of Impersonal

Impersonal
Impersonal Im*per"son*al, n. That which wants personality; specifically (Gram.), an impersonal verb.
Impersonal
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. An almighty but impersonal power, called Fate. --Sir J. Stephen. 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.

Meaning of Impersonal from wikipedia

- Look up impersonality in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Impersonality may refer to: Impersonal p****ive voice, a verb voice that decreases the valency...
- linguistics, an impersonal verb is one that has no determinate subject. For example, in the sentence "It rains", rain is an impersonal verb and the pronoun...
- personal pronoun you can often be used in the place of one, the singular impersonal pronoun, in colloquial speech. The generic you is primarily a colloquial...
- who can be related to as a person (anthropomorphic), instead of as an impersonal force, such as the Absolute. In the context of Christianity and Bahai'ism...
- The impersonal p****ive voice is a verb voice that decreases the valency of an intransitive verb (which has valency one) to zero.: 77  The impersonal p****ive...
- (accusative and genitive) impersonal: dobre psy ("good dogs"; nominative and accusative); dobrych psów (genitive only) impersonal: dobre sery ("good cheeses";...
- possession. Haber can be used as an impersonal verb expressing existence ("there is/are"). When used impersonally, haber has a special present-tense form:...
- appears with first- or second-person reference. It is sometimes called an impersonal pronoun. It is more or less equivalent to the Scots "a body", the French...
- tense 1st śpiewam śpiewamy 2nd śpiewasz śpiewacie 3rd śpiewa śpiewają impersonal śpiewa się past tense 1st śpiewałem śpiewałam śpiewaliśmy śpiewałyśmy...
- Tearoom Trade: Impersonal **** in Public Places is a 1970 non-fiction book by American sociologist Laud Humphreys, based on his 1968 Ph.D. dissertation...