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impersonal
English
Etymology
From French impersonnel, from Latin impers?n?lis, from im- (“not”) + pers?n?lis (“personal”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?m?p?s?n?l/
Adjective
impersonal (comparative more impersonal, superlative most impersonal)
- Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality.
- 1853, James Stephen, On Desultory and Systematic Reading: A Lecture
- The great tragedians of Greece reveal to us their people's exquisite sense of beauty, and their faith in an awful, an almighty, but an impersonal power, called Fate
- 1853, James Stephen, On Desultory and Systematic Reading: A Lecture
- Lacking warmth or emotion; cold.
- (grammar, of a verb or other word) Not having a subject, or having a third person pronoun without an antecedent.
- Synonyms: monopersonal, unipersonal
Derived terms
- impersonal verb
Related terms
- personal
Translations
Noun
impersonal (plural impersonals)
- (grammar) An impersonal word or construct.
Anagrams
- mailperson, prolamines
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin impers?n?lis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /im.p??.so?nal/
- (Central) IPA(key): /im.p?r.su?nal/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /im.pe?.so?nal/
- Rhymes: -al
Adjective
impersonal (masculine and feminine plural impersonals)
- impersonal (not representing a person)
- Antonym: personal
- (grammar) impersonal (not having a subject)
Derived terms
- impersonalitat
- impersonalitzar
- impersonalment
Further reading
- “impersonal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “impersonal” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “impersonal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “impersonal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Old French
Adjective
impersonal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular impersonale)
- (grammar) impersonal
Romanian
Etymology
From French impersonnel, from Latin impersonalis.
Adjective
impersonal m or n (feminine singular impersonal?, masculine plural impersonali, feminine and neuter plural impersonale)
- impersonal
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin impers?n?lis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /impe?so?nal/, [?m.pe?.so?nal]
Adjective
impersonal (plural impersonales)
- impersonal (not representing a person)
- Antonym: personal
- (grammar) impersonal (not having a subject)
Derived terms
- impersonalidad
- impersonalizar
- impersonalmente
Further reading
- “impersonal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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unthinking
English
Etymology
un- +? thinking
Adjective
unthinking (comparative more unthinking, superlative most unthinking)
- Without proper thought; thoughtless.
- Showing no regard; careless or unconcerned.
Translations
Verb
unthinking
- present participle of unthink
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