Definition of Impersonality
(noun) The absence of emotional attachment in a situation.
Impersonality Pronunciation
Syllabification: im·per·son·al·i·ty
Audio Pronunciation
Phonetic Spelling
- American English – /im-puhr-suh-nAl-uh-tee/
- British English – /im-puhr-suh-nAl-i-tee/
International Phonetic Alphabet
- American English – /ᵻmˌpərsnˈælədi/
- British English – /ɪmˌpəːsəˈnalᵻti/
Usage Note
- Plural: impersonalities
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Works Consulted
Griffiths, Heather, Nathan Keirns, Eric Strayer, Susan Cody-Rydzewski, Gail Scaramuzzo, Tommy Sadler, Sally Vyain, Jeff Bry, Faye Jones. 2016. Introduction to Sociology 2e. Houston, TX: OpenStax.
Heery, Edmund, and Mike Noon. 2008. A Dictionary of Human Resource Management. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press.
Wikipedia contributors. (N.d.) Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation. (https://en.wikipedia.org/).
Cite the Definition of Impersonality
ASA – American Sociological Association (5th edition)
Bell, Kenton, ed. 2013. “impersonality.” In Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Retrieved April 1, 2023 (https://sociologydictionary.org/impersonality/).
APA – American Psychological Association (6th edition)
impersonality. (2013). In K. Bell (Ed.), Open education sociology dictionary. Retrieved from https://sociologydictionary.org/impersonality/
Chicago/Turabian: Author-Date – Chicago Manual of Style (16th edition)
Bell, Kenton, ed. 2013. “impersonality.” In Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Accessed April 1, 2023. https://sociologydictionary.org/impersonality/.
MLA – Modern Language Association (7th edition)
“impersonality.” Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Ed. Kenton Bell. 2013. Web. 1 Apr. 2023. <https://sociologydictionary.org/impersonality/>.