impersonal
impessoal
definition
adjective
the impersonal march of progress
not influenced by, showing, or involving personal feelings.
he gradually came to believe in an impersonal God
not existing as a person; having no personality.
translation of 'impersonal'
adjective
impessoal
example
Both Bactrian and Pagolak recall the mysterious Ursprache of Borges's Tlön, which contains no nouns but only 'impersonal' verbs, and in which famous poems consist of a single enormous word.
The it in suffice it to say is an 'impersonal' or indefinite pronoun, one that functions as a grammatical placeholder without supplying much real meaning.
The 'impersonal' nature of major companies is no accident and at the end of the day, too often there is no one person who can be called to account when something goes wrong.
But a book is always an extension of its author, however 'impersonal' the subject matter.
One of the hallmarks of her column, however, is its 'impersonal' nature.
She says department stores with their armies of sales people are too 'impersonal' .
In Russian, this sentence is 'impersonal' , without a subject or a predicate, and only Russian case endings indicate the relations between words.
Mission work is not just limited to raising money for 'impersonal' organizations.
But what about larger, more 'impersonal' workplaces, such as factories and supermarkets?
The information media are 'impersonal' and pretend to be objective.
But there is something a little 'impersonal' about the whole affair.
It is a far cry from the hectic, 'impersonal' atmosphere of a hospital ward.
As with 'impersonal' constructions, referentially deficient subjects usually occur in the independent clause.
It also helps a patient feel far more comfortable than in the more centralised and 'impersonal' environment of a larger complex.
The regular corporate structure is so 'impersonal' , they don't get to know the artist.
Living in one place, you are in constant touch with another, not just through 'impersonal' information, but through sustained contact, daily exchange.
That hostility is triggering a backlash against both existing regimes and the 'impersonal' forces of globalization.
I'll never understand how people can take such pleasure in struggling a wonky trolley around endless 'impersonal' aisles of soullessly stacked goods week after week after week.
Not only does she inspire respect and reverence from the kids, they see her as the mother they never had, indeed the mother they ran away from at home, even as they desperately need her in the 'impersonal' streets of Johannesburg.
Commercialism is getting more brutal than ever and people are getting more 'impersonal' than ever before.
But online stores are cold, 'impersonal' places devoid of any sense of human contact, where every book is merely an itemised commodity.
I was going to do this with bullet points, but in the end it seemed a bit 'impersonal' .
At the time, however, my dad deplored the feeling that he was becoming just another number in an 'impersonal' organization, a cog in the machine.
You may have a tendency to avoid gyms because you think of them as unattractive, boring or 'impersonal' places.
She knew she'd have to be a little 'impersonal' if she were to help her friend.
Feelings of loneliness for family and friends were constant in the 'impersonal' environment to which they had come.
They shifted authority in public life from the personalities of notable citizens to 'impersonal' organizations.
The 'impersonal' nature of the facility has encouraged a lot of motorists to inform the police about accidents.
In addition, many Southerners felt these churches to be too large, formal, and 'impersonal' to meet their spiritual needs.
The last thing anyone wants to encounter when reading about newly deceased friends or family is 'impersonal' demands for personal information, all in the name of the almighty dollar.
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