IMPERSONALITY


Meaning of IMPERSONALITY in English

/im perr'seuh nal"i tee/ , n. , pl. impersonalities for 6.

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.

[ 1760-70; IMPERSONAL + -ITY ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .