Impersonal
adjective
Not showing any feelings or emotions.
Her impersonal reaction to the news was puzzling.
Often appears as...
- impersonal response
- impersonal attitude
adjective
Not relating to or influenced by personal feelings.
Impersonal forces of the market decide the price of goods.
Often appears as...
- impersonal forces
- impersonal decision
adjective
Not showing any character or identity.
The impersonal design of the office building was criticized.
Often appears as...
- impersonal design
- impersonal architecture
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Architectural
adjective
Lacking friendly human presence or warmth.
The hotel lobby felt impersonal and lacking in character.
Often appears as...
- impersonal hotel
- impersonal lobby
adjective
Not showing any feelings or emotions.
Her impersonal reaction to the news was puzzling.
Often appears as...
- impersonal response
- impersonal attitude
adjective
Not relating to or influenced by personal feelings.
Impersonal forces of the market decide the price of goods.
Often appears as...
- impersonal forces
- impersonal decision
adjective
Not showing any character or identity.
The impersonal design of the office building was criticized.
Often appears as...
- impersonal design
- impersonal architecture
Usage tips
Architectural
adjective
Lacking friendly human presence or warmth.
The hotel lobby felt impersonal and lacking in character.
Often appears as...
- impersonal hotel
- impersonal lobby
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Professional Distance
Use 'impersonal' when describing a professional setting where emotions aren't shown.
The judge maintained an impersonal demeanor throughout the trial.
Pro Tip 2/2Unexpected Calm
Describe someone's surprisingly calm reaction to dramatic events as 'impersonal'.
Despite the chaos, her tone remained impersonal.
Pro Tip 1/2Professional Distance
Use 'impersonal' when describing a professional setting where emotions aren't shown.
The judge maintained an impersonal demeanor throughout the trial.
Pro Tip 2/2Unexpected Calm
Describe someone's surprisingly calm reaction to dramatic events as 'impersonal'.
Despite the chaos, her tone remained impersonal.
Pro Tip 1/2Professional Distance
Use 'impersonal' when describing a professional setting where emotions aren't shown.
The judge maintained an impersonal demeanor throughout the trial.
Pro Tip 2/2Unexpected Calm
Describe someone's surprisingly calm reaction to dramatic events as 'impersonal'.
Despite the chaos, her tone remained impersonal.
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Michael Tilson Thomas:...
that first mechanically then through analogs then digitally created a new and miraculous way of passing things on, albeit an impersonal one. People could now hear music all the time, even though it wasn't necessary for them to play an instrument, read music or even go to concerts.
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How to make a profit...
Now, I know some of you are thinking, global capital markets, positive social change, not usually in the same sentence or even the same paragraph. I think many people think of the capital markets kind of like an ocean. It's a vast, impersonal, uncaring force of nature
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Can machines read your...
Despite the potential benefits, the prospect of a massive network automatically scanning our photos, communications, and physiological signs is also quite disturbing. What are the implications for our privacy when such impersonal systems
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Pulling back the curtain...
not so but an impersonal is something that gets lost in particular the news coverage of that and it is the absolute figures are important but somehow that is relative is relative to your capacity to service it as long as you can service
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Maira Kalman: The...
That to be able to talk about content, to break apart what you normally expect, to use humor and surprise, elegance and humanity in your work was really important to us. It was a very high, it was a very impersonal time in design
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Social Services Are...
Instead, they trusted this idea of the impersonal system and the bureaucrat who would be detached and work in this system. And the impact of Beveridge on the way the modern state sees social issues just can't be underestimated.
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Pen Pal Experiment: Two...
our weekly data the process was much more labor-intensive than just thriving standard metrics through using technological devices the very first week of dear data we chose a pretty cold and impersonal topic how many time do we
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An anti-hero of one's...
All too often though, the anti-hero is killed, or brainwashed to return to conformity with the masses. No heroic triumph here, no brave individual standing up against impersonal institutions of a modern world,
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How to ask for help --...
and I really mean this please do not ask for help over email or text. Really, seriously, please don't. Email and text are impersonal. I realize sometimes there's no alternative, but mostly what happens is,
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A letter to all who have...
from our common life, from the schools and neighborhoods and airports and amusement parks that we used to share. We face, then, a problem not of these large, impersonal forces.
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Michael Tilson Thomas:...
that first mechanically then through analogs then digitally created a new and miraculous way of passing things on, albeit an impersonal one. People could now hear music all the time, even though it wasn't necessary for them to play an instrument, read music or even go to concerts.
Video examples
How to make a profit...
Now, I know some of you are thinking, global capital markets, positive social change, not usually in the same sentence or even the same paragraph. I think many people think of the capital markets kind of like an ocean. It's a vast, impersonal, uncaring force of nature
Video examples
Can machines read your...
Despite the potential benefits, the prospect of a massive network automatically scanning our photos, communications, and physiological signs is also quite disturbing. What are the implications for our privacy when such impersonal systems
Video examples
Pulling back the curtain...
not so but an impersonal is something that gets lost in particular the news coverage of that and it is the absolute figures are important but somehow that is relative is relative to your capacity to service it as long as you can service
Video examples
Maira Kalman: The...
That to be able to talk about content, to break apart what you normally expect, to use humor and surprise, elegance and humanity in your work was really important to us. It was a very high, it was a very impersonal time in design
Video examples
Social Services Are...
Instead, they trusted this idea of the impersonal system and the bureaucrat who would be detached and work in this system. And the impact of Beveridge on the way the modern state sees social issues just can't be underestimated.
Video examples
Pen Pal Experiment: Two...
our weekly data the process was much more labor-intensive than just thriving standard metrics through using technological devices the very first week of dear data we chose a pretty cold and impersonal topic how many time do we
Video examples
An anti-hero of one's...
All too often though, the anti-hero is killed, or brainwashed to return to conformity with the masses. No heroic triumph here, no brave individual standing up against impersonal institutions of a modern world,
Video examples
How to ask for help --...
and I really mean this please do not ask for help over email or text. Really, seriously, please don't. Email and text are impersonal. I realize sometimes there's no alternative, but mostly what happens is,
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A letter to all who have...
from our common life, from the schools and neighborhoods and airports and amusement parks that we used to share. We face, then, a problem not of these large, impersonal forces.
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Andrew Weil
American Scientist
Technology has a shadow side. It accounts for real progress in medicine, but has also hurt it in many ways, making it more impersonal, expensive and dangerous. The false belief that a safety net of sophisticated drugs and machines stretches below us, permitting risky or lazy lifestyle choices, has undermined our spirit of self-reliance.
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Mark Frost
American Novelist
Hill St.' was very good, but it was very impersonal work for me. I wrote about that place as if I was a visitor. It wasn't what my life was like. It was a great place to learn the craft of how to shape a scene, but I wanted a chance to write about more personal themes and obsessions.
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Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
American Judge
The average member of the public thinks of 'business' as an impersonal corporate entity owned by the very rich and managed by overpaid executives. There is an almost total failure to appreciate that 'business' actually embraces - in one way or another - most Americans.
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Stephen Hawking
English Physicist
God is the name people give to the reason we are here. But I think that reason is the laws of physics rather than someone with whom one can have a personal relationship. An impersonal God.
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Grace Gealey
American Actress
Connecting with people in person is so important. To look in the eyes of our girls and let them know that you really do support them transcends the impersonal connection of technology.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
American Leader
Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one's soul.
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Georg Simmel
German Sociologist
Thus, the technique of metropolitan life is unimaginable without the most punctual integration of all activities and mutual relations into a stable and impersonal time schedule.
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Herbert A. Simon
American Economist
The world is vast, beautiful, and fascinating, even awe-inspiring - but impersonal. It demands nothing of me, and allows me to demand nothing of it.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
American Politician
The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor.
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George A. Moore
Irish Novelist
An idea is so impersonal; it is yours today and the whole world's tomorrow.
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Andrew Weil
American Scientist
Technology has a shadow side. It accounts for real progress in medicine, but has also hurt it in many ways, making it more impersonal, expensive and dangerous. The false belief that a safety net of sophisticated drugs and machines stretches below us, permitting risky or lazy lifestyle choices, has undermined our spirit of self-reliance.
Quote examples
Mark Frost
American Novelist
Hill St.' was very good, but it was very impersonal work for me. I wrote about that place as if I was a visitor. It wasn't what my life was like. It was a great place to learn the craft of how to shape a scene, but I wanted a chance to write about more personal themes and obsessions.
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Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
American Judge
The average member of the public thinks of 'business' as an impersonal corporate entity owned by the very rich and managed by overpaid executives. There is an almost total failure to appreciate that 'business' actually embraces - in one way or another - most Americans.
Quote examples
Stephen Hawking
English Physicist
God is the name people give to the reason we are here. But I think that reason is the laws of physics rather than someone with whom one can have a personal relationship. An impersonal God.
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Grace Gealey
American Actress
Connecting with people in person is so important. To look in the eyes of our girls and let them know that you really do support them transcends the impersonal connection of technology.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
American Leader
Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one's soul.
Quote examples
Georg Simmel
German Sociologist
Thus, the technique of metropolitan life is unimaginable without the most punctual integration of all activities and mutual relations into a stable and impersonal time schedule.
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Herbert A. Simon
American Economist
The world is vast, beautiful, and fascinating, even awe-inspiring - but impersonal. It demands nothing of me, and allows me to demand nothing of it.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
American Politician
The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor.
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George A. Moore
Irish Novelist
An idea is so impersonal; it is yours today and the whole world's tomorrow.
Example 1 of 10
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