Impersonal vs. Unpersonal — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Impersonal and Unpersonal
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Definitions
Impersonal
Lacking personality; not being a person
An impersonal force.
Unpersonal
Not personal.
Impersonal
Showing no emotion or personality
An aloof, impersonal manner.
Impersonal
Having no personal reference or connection
An impersonal remark.
Impersonal
Not responsive to or expressive of human personalities
A large, impersonal corporation.
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Impersonal
Of, relating to, or being a verb that expresses the action of an unspecified subject, as in methinks, "it seems to me"; Latin pluit, "it rains"; or, with an expletive subject, it snowed.
Impersonal
Indefinite. Used of pronouns.
Impersonal
Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality.
Impersonal
Lacking warmth or emotion; cold.
She sounded impersonal as she gave her report of the Nazi death camps.
Impersonal
Not having a subject, or having a third person pronoun without an antecedent.
The verb “rain” is impersonal in sentences like “It’s raining.”
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Impersonal
(grammar) An impersonal word or construct.
Impersonal
Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality.
An almighty but impersonal power, called Fate.
Impersonal
That which wants personality;
Impersonal
Not relating to or responsive to individual persons;
An impersonal corporation
An impersonal remark
Impersonal
Having no personal preference;
Impersonal criticism
A neutral observer
