impersonal
Lacking human warmth
Impersonal describes something lacking human warmth, individuality, or direct connection to a specific person.
An impersonal letter feels generic rather than addressed to you personally.
An impersonal corporation treats people as numbers.
Impersonal can also mean not influenced by personal feelings: an impersonal assessment of the facts.
In grammar, impersonal constructions lack a real subject: It is raining.
Emotionally withdrawn, uninviting
- distantFar away or aloof
- remoteDistant or controller
- standoffishUnfriendly in manner
- uninvolvedNot taking part
unattached · withdrawn · reserved · cold · removed · disconnected · disengaged · indifferent
Excessively procedural
- institutionalOf formal establishments
- officialAuthority-sanctioned person or status
- proceduralFollowing set steps
- administrativeRelated to organization management
corporate · governmental · organizational · faceless · anonymous · nameless · generic · standardized
Showing no preference
- unbiasedFree from prejudice
- neutralNot favoring any side
- dispassionateFree from emotional involvement
- disinterestedFree from personal stakes
evenhanded · fair · unprejudiced · nonpartisan · equitable · balanced · just · nondiscriminatory
Action-expressing word
- constructionProcess of building something
- pronounNoun's grammatical replacement
- subjectMatter under discussion
- passiveNot actively participating
indefinite · expletive · syntax · sentence structure · it · there · one · conjugation
Quantity of matter
- broadcastTransmitted media signal
- form letterPrewritten mail for many
- memoBrief internal message
- announcementPublic declaration of information
newsletter · bulletin · bulk email · circular · press release · template · boilerplate · canned response
aloof
Emotionally withdrawn, uninviting
- distantFar away or aloof
- remoteDistant or controller
- standoffishUnfriendly in manner
uninvolved · unattached · withdrawn · reserved · cold · removed · disconnected · disengaged · indifferent · unconcerned
bureaucratic
Excessively procedural
- institutionalOf formal establishments
- officialAuthority-sanctioned person or status
- proceduralFollowing set steps
administrative · corporate · governmental · organizational · faceless · anonymous · nameless · generic · standardized · systematic
impartial
Showing no preference
- unbiasedFree from prejudice
- neutralNot favoring any side
- dispassionateFree from emotional involvement
disinterested · evenhanded · fair · unprejudiced · nonpartisan · equitable · balanced · just · nondiscriminatory · analytical
verb
Action-expressing word
- constructionProcess of building something
- pronounNoun's grammatical replacement
- subjectMatter under discussion
passive · indefinite · expletive · syntax · sentence structure · it · there · one · conjugation
mass
Quantity of matter
- broadcastTransmitted media signal
- form letterPrewritten mail for many
- memoBrief internal message
announcement · newsletter · bulletin · bulk email · circular · press release · template · boilerplate · canned response · notification
- IM- wordsimmature, immobile, immune, immerse, immoral
- feedbackcomment, comments, constructive, complaint, reviews
- professional traitsprofessional, formal, organized, efficient, punctual
- robotic traitsmechanical, automated, programmed, monotone, machinelike
- transactional termsquid pro quo, exchange, trade, deal, bargain
- Objectivityfairness, impartiality, neutrality, unbiased, balance
impersonalwarm
Moderately heated, or friendly
personal · friendly · caring · compassionate · human
impersonalpersonalized
Adapted for an individual
personalised · individualized · individualised · customized · tailored
impersonalface-to-face
Direct personal encounter
interpersonal · personal · in-person · direct · one-to-one
- Elvis impersonatorsPerformers mimicking the King
- female impersonatorMale performing as woman
- celebrity impersonationMimicking a famous person
- male impersonatorWoman portraying men onstage
- online impersonation
- voter impersonationFraudulently voting as another
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