Impersonal

noun

Word Frequency: 3.7

Definitions

1.noun(grammar) An impersonal word or construct.

2.adjectiveNot personal; not representing a person; not having personality.

3.adjectiveLacking warmth or emotion; cold.

"She sounded impersonal as she gave her report of the Nazi death camps."

4.adjective(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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