unipersonal

[ yoo-nuh-pur-suh-nl ]

adjective

1. consisting of or existing as one person only.
2. Grammar. (of a verb) used in only one person, especially the third person singular; impersonal.

unipersonal

/ ˌjuːnɪˈpɜːsənəl /

adjective

1. existing in the form of only one person or being Compare tripersonal
2. (of a verb) existing or used in only one person; for example, rain is used only in the third person

Derived Forms

• ˌuniˌpersonˈality, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of unipersonal¹

First recorded in 1800–10; uni- + personal

Example Sentences

"Samuel Clarke and others took the ground that God is unipersonal, and hence that the Son is a distinct personal being, distinguishing God the Father as the absolute Deity from the Son whom they regarded as God in a relative or secondary sense, being derived from the Father, and having his beginning from Him."

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