impersonal

 
Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpəːs(ə)n(ə)l/

adjective

  • 1not influenced by, showing, or involving personal feelings: the impersonal power of a government
  • (of a place or organization) featureless and anonymous: an impersonal tower block
  • 2not existing as a person: he gradually came to believe in an impersonal God
  • 3 Grammar (of a verb) used only with a formal subject (in English usually it) and expressing an action not attributable to a definite subject (as in it is snowing).

Derivatives

impersonality

Pronunciation: /-ˈnalɪti/
noun

impersonally

adverb

Origin:

late Middle English (in impersonal (sense 3)): from late Latin impersonalis, from Latin in- 'not' + personalis (see personal)