impersonal
adjective
[ ɪmˈpəːs(ə)n(ə)l ]
• not influenced by, showing, or involving personal feelings.
• "the impersonal power of a government"
Similar:
neutral,
unbiased,
non-partisan,
non-discriminatory,
unprejudiced,
unswayed,
objective,
detached,
disinterested,
dispassionate,
free from discrimination,
without favouritism,
with no axe to grind,
without fear or favour,
fair,
just,
equitable,
balanced,
even-handed,
aloof,
distant,
remote,
reserved,
withdrawn,
unemotional,
unfeeling,
unsentimental,
passionless,
cold,
cool,
frigid,
unresponsive,
indifferent,
unconcerned,
formal,
stiff,
rigid,
wooden,
starchy,
stilted,
restrained,
self-controlled,
matter-of-fact,
businesslike,
clinical,
stand-offish,
gelid,
• not existing as a person.
• "he gradually came to believe in an impersonal God"
• (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 ).
Origin:
late Middle English (in impersonal (sense 3)): from late Latin impersonalis, from Latin in- ‘not’ + personalis (see personal).
