impersonality

American  

[im-pur-suh-nal-i-tee] / ɪmˌpɜr səˈnæl ɪ ti /

noun

plural

impersonalities

1. absence of human character or of the traits associated with the human character.

   He feared the impersonality of a mechanized world.

2. absence or reduction of concern for individual needs or desires.

   the impersonality of a very large institution.

3. lack of emotional involvement.

   His work reflected a certain impersonality.

4. lack of a personal agent or of a known personal agent.

   the impersonality of folk art.

5. the quality of not being concerned with particular persons.

   the impersonality and universality of his interests.

6. something that is impersonal.

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Etymology

Origin of impersonality

First recorded in 1760–70; impersonal + -ity

Example Sentences

Impersonality first fashioned the nouns, and then the nouns, by their very impersonality, helped keep impersonal the thought and fettered fancy.

From The Soul of the Far East by Lowell, Percival

Thou hast written concerning the Impersonality of the Divinity.

From Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas by `Abdu'l-Bahá

"Impersonality, by lessening the interest in one's self, induces one to take interest in others."

From Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic by Gulick, Sidney Lewis

He describes it, as we have seen, as "Impersonality."

From Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic by Gulick, Sidney Lewis

Impersonality was in fashion, and as a rule he believed in thinking impersonally.

From The Patrician by Galsworthy, John