Impersonal definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary IMPER'SONAL, a. [L. impersonalis ... in and personalis, from persona. See Person.] In grammar, an impersonal verb is one which is not employed with the first ... 1: not relating to or responsive to individual persons; "an impersonal corporation"; "an impersonal remark" [ant: personal] 2: having no personal preference; "impersonal criticism"; "a neutral observer" [syn: impersonal, neutral] Merriam Webster's adjective Etymology: Middle English, from ...
Impersonal verb definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Impersonal Im*per"son*al, a. [L. impersonalis; pref. im- not ... not representing a person; not having personality. An almighty but impersonal power, called Fate. --Sir J. Stephen. Impersonal verb (Gram.), a verb used with an indeterminate subject, commonly, in English, with the impersonal pronoun it; as, it rains; it snows; methinks (it seems to me). Many verbs which are not strictly impersonal are often used impersonally; as, it goes well with ...
... 1828 Dictionary IMPER'SONALLY, adv. In the manner of an impersonal verb. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adv 1: without warmth ... he treated his patients impersonally" [ant: personally] 2: in an impersonal manner; "when I told him about Russ I found it difficult to speak impersonally" Merriam Webster's adverb see impersonal Webster's 1913 Dictionary Impersonally Im*per"son*al*ly, adv. In an impersonal manner. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary see impersonal
... I. DEFINITION II. DIVISION OF THE SUBJECT 1. Magic as Impersonal 2. Margic as Personal III. MAGIC AND RELIGION IV. MAGIC ... present work. II. Division of the Subject. 1. Magic as Impersonal: There are two kinds of magic: (1) impersonal; (2) personal. In the first, magic is a species of ... in an advanced stage include sacrifice, the incantations become prayer. Impersonal magic is regarded by most anthropologists, including E.B. Tylor ...
... used as the nominative case or word to verbs called impersonal; as it rains; it snows. In this case,there is ... he, its, she, they 2. — used as subject of an impersonal verb that expresses a condition or action without reference to ... boy or a girl?). 3 as the subject of an impersonal verb (it is raining; it is winter; it is Tuesday ... to do this. 3. As an indefinite nominative for a impersonal verb; as, it snows; it rains. 4. As a substitute ...
Impersonality definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary IMPERSONAL'ITY, n. Indistinction of personality. Merriam Webster's noun see impersonal Webster's 1913 Dictionary Impersonality Im*per`son*al"i*ty, n. The quality of being impersonal; want or absence of personality.
depersonalize definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: make impersonal or present as an object; "Will computers depersonalize human interactions ... of personal identity < schools that depersonalize students > 2. to make impersonal < depersonalizing medical care > Oxford Reference Dictionary v.tr. (also -ise) 1 make impersonal. 2 deprive of personality. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (depersonalizes, depersonalizing ...
... of Jesus (which is so stated as to include an impersonal, germinal life) rather than a dogmatic definition of the Messiah ... terminology makes room for a divine activity both in the impersonal and in the personal spheres. The doctrine of incarnation implies ... life of Christ the divine power conditions itself within the impersonal forces of germinant life with this important and suggestive difference ...
... thought the Logos was conceived as a rational principle or impersonal energy by means of which the world was fashioned and ... as personal, while his Greek culture disposes him to an impersonal interpretation. Confronted with this alternative, the Alexandrian wavers in indecision ... protects us from considering the Logos as a mere abstract impersonal quality; and, on the other, saves us from imparting to ...
Meseems definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary MESEE'MS, verb impersonal. [me and seems.] It seems to me. It is used ... also in the past tense, meseemed. Merriam Webster's verb impersonal (past meseemed) Date: 15th century archaic it seems to me ...
... is properly in the dative case,and the verb is impersonal; the construction is, it appears to me. WordNet (r) 3 ... is properly in the dative case, and the verb is impersonal, the construction being, it appears to me. In early use ...
... administrator — Current Biography > b. lacking ardor or friendliness < a cool impersonal manner > c. of jazz marked by restrained emotion and the ... ice-cool, iciness, icy, icy calm, immovable, impartiality, impassible, impassive, impersonal, impertinent, imperturbability, imperturbable, imperturbation, impudent, in equilibrium, inaccessible, inclemency, incompatible ...