Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not personal; not intended to apply to the person addressed, as a remark.
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Examples
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Coopting users is not kosher on a large and unpersonal level.
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Cosmic evolution is also represented as beginning with “a chaos of unpersonal - ized feeling” and ending with “an absolutely perfect, rational, and symmetrical system” in which mind be - comes “at last crystallized.”
EVOLUTIONISM THOMAS A. GOUDGE 1968
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"God is that interaction between individuals, groups, and ages which generates and promotes the greatest possible mutuality of good," and "it responds to prayer and is precisely what answers prayer, when prayer is answered," the personal "He" has suddenly changed to the unpersonal
The Necessity of Atheism David Marshall Brooks
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On the other hand, the more anonymous and unpersonal the unit is, the more fit is he to step into the place of another, and so to insure to the group uninterrupted self-maintenance.
Introduction to the Science of Sociology Robert Ezra Park 1926
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His infatuation did not blind him to the fact that she cared nothing about him, looked on him in the most unpersonal way.
Grain of Dust. 1911
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He does not show much sign of the influence of good society, his merits as well as his faults have a singular unpersonal and, if I may so say, _terræfilian_ connotation.
A History of Elizabethan Literature George Saintsbury 1889
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His infatuation did not blind him to the fact that she cared nothing about him, looked on him in the most unpersonal way.
The Grain of Dust David Graham Phillips 1889
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In its lofty superiority to man, science is unpersonal rather than impersonal.
The Soul of the Far East Percival Lowell 1885
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Especially Tempelhof airfield as a stage location is totally different from ordinary and unpersonal big hall settings and offers lots of spaces and good chances for a big public viewing.
esctoday.com | news 2010
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Sparse and deserted rooms, unpersonal titles like "room 402," basic color grey: When one looks at the acryl paintings of Ben Willikens currently being exhibited at "Galeri Artist" in
Hurriyet Dailynews 2010
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