impersonality
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7.6
- noun
- /ɪmˌpɜr.sənˈæl.ɪ.ti/
:
impersonalidad
- A puzzling man was Helsse, the more so for his impersonality, neither cordial nor cold.
- impersonality and impartiality
Examples
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The doctrine emphasizes continuity and impersonality even as—especially as—the legal community ponders the big questions of constitutional interpretation.
Academic text (2018) -
Deferring to precedent underscores the importance of impersonality and the nature of the Supreme Court as an enduring institution.
Academic text (2018) -
In the end, a look of blank impersonality won out.
Fiction book (1994) -
A commitment to impersonality is itself a personal choice, as Professor Horwitz explains.
Academic text (2018) -
The distance derives in part from the impersonality of the voice and in part from what the voice describes.
Academic text (1990) -
Beyond that, the problem is built into the competitiveness and impersonality of the system, Sells says.
Academic text (1995) -
And she had the place to herself; all of its spotless impersonality made a kind of clearing in her head.
Fiction book (2000) -
Its impersonality, its anonymous historicity, obliterates the very source of diversity in meaning.
Academic text (1990) -
He'd been singled out for praise frequently enough; the vast impersonality of the campus, which so upset other undergraduates, didn't faze him.
Fiction book (1997) -
The impersonality of the office made it difficult for employees to build strong relationships.
Synonyms
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7.2
A feeling of being distant from other people and not friendly
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8.8
A lack of emotion or visible reaction
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4.4
A calm lack of emotion when people expect a strong reaction
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5.8
A cold, unfriendly feeling between people
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3.9
A cold, not kind way of behaving toward other people
A lack of visible emotion
A state of showing little or no feeling
Antonyms
How Personal
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1.0
16
1.0
22
4.4
1
7.6
21
6.1
7
3.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
impersonality = impersonal (transparent) = im + personal + ity
Formed by adding the noun-forming suffix '-ity' to 'impersonal' (im- + personal); the meaning is the quality of being impersonal and is directly derived.
Etymology
Impersonality comes from the Latin parts in- meaning 'not' and persona meaning 'mask' or 'person', and you can see the same root in English words like person and personal. So, impersonality means not showing a personal 'mask' — being cold, distant, or simply objective.