Definition of impersonal
1a : having no personal reference or connection
impersonal criticism
b : not engaging the human personality or emotions
the machine as compared with the hand tool is an impersonal agency— John Dewey
c : not existing as a person : not having human qualities or characteristics
2a : denoting the verbal action of an unspecified agent and hence used with no expressed subject (such as methinks) or with a merely formal subject (such as rained in it rained)
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The first known use of impersonal was in the 15th century
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