impersonality
[im-pur-suh-nal-i-tee]
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noun, plural im·per·son·al·i·ties for 6.
absence of human character or of the traits associated with the human character: He feared the impersonality of a mechanized world.
absence or reduction of concern for individual needs or desires: the impersonality of a very large institution.
lack of emotional involvement: His work reflected a certain impersonality.
lack of a personal agent or of a known personal agent: the impersonality of folk art.
the quality of not being concerned with particular persons: the impersonality and universality of his interests.
something that is impersonal.
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Origin of impersonality
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for impersonality
Contemporary Examples of impersonality
Behind the impersonality of money lies an intensely personal, often compensatory compulsion.
Historical Examples of impersonality
It has not the impersonality of that method or its flat and lifeless effect.
The Legacy of GreeceVarious
Impersonality was in fashion, and as a rule he believed in thinking impersonally.
The PatricianJohn Galsworthy
The difference lies, it is urged, in the impersonality of the enjoyment.
The Sense of BeautyGeorge Santayana
Well, he would answer her from behind the same veil of impersonality.
FlintMaud Wilder Goodwin
Reason, conscience, understanding, have no impersonality to him.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper