impersonality
/ˌɪmˌpɜːsəˈnæləti/im-pur-suh-NA-luh-tee
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ˌɪmˌpɝsəˈnæləti/im-pur-suh-NA-luh-tee
Meaningbeing impersonal
Common meaning: lack of personal feeling
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- impersonalnot referring to a personSkeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), p. 284 · scan
- itynoun ending: being so, the quality of
Journey through time
- Latinimpersonalis‘not referring to a person’source
- Frenchimpersonnel‘impersonall’source
- Englishimpersonal‘showing no personal feeling or connection’
- Englishformed in English from impersonalimpersonality‘lack of personal feeling’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from impersonal + -ity.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), IMPERSONAL, p.284 · scan
Source words
- impersonalis Latin · source word “not referring to a person”
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