impersonalism

[ im-pur-suh-nl-iz-uhm ]

noun

1. the practice of maintaining impersonal relations with individuals or groups.
2. impersonality.

Word History and Origins

Origin of impersonalism¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; impersonal + -ism

Example Sentences

Under the form of mechanical naturalism, with its tendencies to materialism and atheism, impersonalism has once more been judged and found wanting.

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But impersonalism at the opposite pole in the form of abstract categories of being, causality, unity, identity, continuity, sufficient reason, etc., is equally untenable.

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His favorite categories are personal, and he has a profound distaste for the impersonalism of science.

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The idea of re-birth in accordance with a rigid moral law is alien to his traditions; while the impersonalism of the whole process leaves him cold.

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Once, it was hard for man to admit this impersonalism.

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