All 4 Uses
impersonal
in
Go Tell It on the Mountain
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- It was when John was five years old and in the first grade that he was first noticed; and since he was noticed by an eye altogether alien and impersonal, he began to perceive, in wild uneasiness, his individual existence.†
Chpt 1.1impersonal = lacking warmth or personal connection
- The weak, unsteady light placed shadows under her mouth and in the sockets of her eyes, making the face impersonal with majesty, like the face of a prophetess, or like a mask.†
Chpt 2.1 *
- Lust stirred in the eyes of men when they looked at Deborah, lust that could not be endured because it was so impersonal, limiting communion to the area of her shame.†
Chpt 2.1
- And she smiled strangely, a smile less gravely impersonal.†
Chpt 2.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(impersonal) not influenced by personal feelings -- often indicating a lack of warmth of personal connection
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)