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Definition: IMPERSONALITY |
IMPERSONALITYNoun1. The quality of being impersonal; want or absence of personality. |
Date "IMPERSONALITY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1902. (references) |
| Author | Quotation |
Claude Bernard | A modern poet has characterized the personality of art and the impersonality of science as follows: Art is I: Science is WE. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| "IMPERSONALITY" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "IMPERSONALITY" is used about 50 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 50 | 48,117 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "IMPERSONALITY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | papërcaktim. (various references) | |
Arabic | المجهول (thingummy, unknown). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | хладност (frostiness, tepidity), общ характер (generality), обективност (objectivity), безличие. (various references) | |
Czech | neosobnost. (various references) | |
Finnish | persoonattomuus. (various references) | |
French | impersonnalité. (various references) | |
Hungarian | személytelenség. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | impersonalityay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | impessoal. (various references) | |
Romanian | impersonalitate. (various references) | |
Russian | безличность. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ne-ličnost, bezličnost. (various references) | |
Spanish | impersonalidad. (various references) | |
Swedish | opersonlighet. (various references) | |
Turkish | kişisel olmama, kişiliksizlik. (various references) | |
Ukranian | об'"ктивність (objectiveness, objectivity), безсторонність (candor, candour, detachment, equity, impartiality, neutrality), безликість. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "IMPERSONALITY" (pronounced i'mper'suna"lutē) |
| 10 | -p er' s u n a" l u t ē | personality. |
| 7 | -u n a" l u t ē | banality, commonality, conditionality, constitutionality, criminality, dimensionality, functionality, irrationality, nationality, originality, proportionality, rationality, venality. |
| 6 | -n a" l u t ē | finality, tonality. |
| 5 | -a" l u t ē | abnormality, actuality, bestiality, bisexuality, brutality, causality, centrality, collegiality, confidentiality, congeniality, criticality, cyclicality, duality, eventuality, extraterritoriality, fatality, formality, frugality, generality, geniality, heterosexuality, homosexuality, hospitality, illegality, immorality, immortality, impartiality, individuality, informality, instrumentality, legality, lethality, liberality, locality, materiality, mentality, modality, morality, mortality, municipality, musicality, mutuality, neutrality, normality, partiality, plurality, practicality, principality, punctuality, reality, sensuality, sentimentality, sexuality, speciality, spirituality, technicality, theatricality, totality, triviality, universality, unreality, vitality. |
| 4 | -l u t ē | ability, acceptability, accessibility, accountability, adaptability, admissibility, advisability, affordability, agility, amiability, applicability, availability, believability, capability, civility, comparability, compatibility, comprehensibility, convertibility, credibility, credulity, culpability, debility, deductibility, deniability, dependability, desirability, disability, docility, ductility, durability, electability, eligibility, enforceability, equality, facility, fallibility, feasibility, fertility, fidelity, flammability, flexibility, fragility, frivolity, futility, gentility, gullibility, hostility, humility, immobility, impossibility, inability, inaccessibility, incivility, incompatibility, incredulity, indestructibility, inequality, inevitability, infallibility, infertility, infidelity, inflexibility, instability, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irresponsibility, irritability, legibility, liability, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, miscibility, mobility, motility, nobility, nonutility, palatability, permeability, plausibility, polity, portability, possibility, predictability, probability, profitability, quality, readability, reliability, respectability, responsibility, seasonality, senility, sensibility, stability, sterility, suitability, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, tranquility, transferability, unavailability, unpredictability, unreliability, utility, variability, versatility, viability, virility, visibility, volatility, vulnerability. |
| 3 | -u t ē | absurdity, acidity, activity, acuity, adversity, affinity, aggressivity, alacrity, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, barbarity, biodiversity, brevity, calamity, capacity, captivity, cavity, celebrity, charity, chastity, clarity, commodity, community, complexity, complicity, conductivity, conformity, congruity, connectivity, continuity, creativity, crotchety, curiosity, deformity, deity, density, depravity, deputy, dexterity, dignity, discontinuity, disparity, dissimilarity, disunity, diversity, divinity, domesticity, duplicity, eccentricity, elasticity, electricity, enmity, enormity, entity, equanimity, equity, eternity, ethnicity, exclusivity, expressivity, extremity, falsity, familiarity, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, festivity, fluidity, fraternity, generosity, gratuity, gravity, heredity, heterogeneity, hilarity, homogeneity, humanity, humidity, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illiquidity, immaturity, immunity, impropriety, impunity, impurity, inactivity, incapacity, incongruity, indemnity, indignity, inequity, inferiority, infinity, infirmity, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insecurity, insensitivity, insularity, integrity, intensity, irregularity, laity, laxity, levity, liquidity, lividity, longevity, majority, masculinity, maternity, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, minority, modernity, monstrosity, morbidity, multiplicity, nativity, necessity, negativity, Nonconformity, nonentity, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscenity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, opportunity, overcapacity, oversensitivity, parity, particularity, passivity, paternity, paucity, peculiarity, perpetuity, perplexity, perversity, piety, polarity, pomposity, popularity, posterity, priority, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, propriety, prosperity, proximity, publicity, purity, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, reactivity, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, religiosity, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, scarcity, security, selectivity, seniority, sensitivity, serendipity, serenity, severity, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidarity, solidity, sorority, specificity, spontaneity, stupidity, subjectivity, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, temerity, tenacity, timidity, toxicity, Trinity, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unfamiliarity, uniformity, unity, university, unpopularity, uppity, validity, vanity, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, veracity, Verity, vicinity, virginity, virtuosity, viscosity, voracity, vulgarity. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-i-l-m-n-o-p-r-s-t-y" | |
-2 letters: antileprosy, eliminators, normalities, orientalism, patrimonies, peristomial, personality, trampolines. | |
-3 letters: eliminator, epilations, epistolary, impersonal, implanters, interplays, molarities, monetarily, moralities, palimonies, personalty, polarities, polyamines, pristinely, prolamines, protamines, reimplants, reptilians, trampoline, trinomials. | |
-4 letters: aepyornis, alimonies, almonries, amitroles, amylopsin, animosity, antipoles, atropines, epilation, impatiens, imperials, implanter, interlaps, interlays, interplay, layperson, limonites, linearity, marlstone, meliorist, mestranol, mirlitons, mislearnt, misorient, monastery, mylonites, normalise, normality, operantly, oralities, orientals, orpiments, oysterman, painterly, palmistry, palmitins, parsimony, patrimony, patrolmen, patronise, perimysia, pimientos, playtimes, polyamine, ponytails, prelimits, primality, prolamine, prolamins, prosimian, protamine, protamins, ptomaines, reimplant, relations, reptilian, rolamites, royalties, saintlier, sapiently, saprolite, semitonal, seniority, serotinal, simpleton, solemnity, solitaire, spearmint, splintery, temporals, terminals, terpinols, topiaries, tramlines, traplines, trinomial, triplanes, tympanies, tyramines. | |
-5 letters: ailerons, ailments, airlines, airtimes, alienism, alienist, alienors, aliments, almoners, alpinism, alpinist, amitrole, amniotes, amortise, anolytes, antipole, antislip, asperity, atomiser, atropine, atropins, atropism, elations, enormity, entrails, epimysia, epinasty, episomal, impaints, impalers, impanels, imparity, impearls, imperial, imperils, implants, implores, impolite, imposter, imprints, imprison, inertial, inertias, inlayers, insolate, interims, interlap, interlay, isometry, laminose, lamister, lampions, lampreys, lanosity, latrines, lempiras, limitary, limiters, limonite, limpsier, lioniser, litanies, loamiest, maintops, maniples, manliest, manropes, marliest, marlines, marlites, marplots, martinis, masterly, matronly, maypoles, melanist, meropias, mesnalty, milepost, military, minarets, minatory, minerals, minister, ministry, minority, minstrel, mirliton, misalter, misatone, misenrol, misentry, misinter, mislayer, mislearn, mispaint, misplant, mispoint, misprint, mistrain, mistrial, molarity, monetary, monstera, moraines, moralise, moralist, morality, myelitis, mylonite, neoplasm, nepotism, nitriles, nitrosyl, notaries, onstream, opalines, operants, optimise, oriental, ornately, orpiment, painters, paintier, palimony, palmiest, palmitin, panelist, pantiles, pantries, parities, paronyms, pastromi, patronly, payments, pelorian, pelorias, penality, personal, pertains, petiolar, petrosal, peytrals, pilaster, pilosity, pimentos, pimiento, pinaster, pinitols, pintails, pisolite, plainest, plaister, plaiters, planters, plastery, plastron, playtime, pleonasm, pointers, pointier, poitrels, polarise, polarity, polemist, polentas, polestar, polities, polymers, ponytail, porniest, potlines, pralines, prelimit, priestly, primates, primines, pristane, pristine, proemial, prolamin, prolines, promines, pronates, prostyle, protamin, proteans, proteins, protyles, psaltery, psoralen, ptomaine, ptomains, ptyalins, ptyalism, pyelitis, pyranose, raiments, rainiest, ramilies, ramosely, ramosity, rampions, rampoles, ratlines, relation, repaints, replants, reptilia, retinals, retinols, rimosely, rimosity, ripienos, roiliest, rolamite, romaines, romanise, royalism, royalist, salinity, saponite, seminary, semolina, senility, senorita, seriatim, smaltine, solitary, splinter, spoliate, sportily, steamily, stormily, stramony, tailspin, taleysim, tampions, templars, temporal, terminal, terpinol, toenails, tonearms, tonsilar, toplines, tramline, tramples, trapline, trenails, triplane, tripolis, troilism, tropines, tyramine, tyrosine. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-i-l-m-n-o-p-r-s-t-y" | |
+1 letter: polymerisation. | |
+2 letters: polymerisations, polymerizations. | |
+3 letters: hyperstimulation. | |
+4 letters: copolymerizations, depolymerizations, hyperstimulations, impressionability. | |
+5 letters: hyperalimentations. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 4D 50 45 52 53 4F 4E 41 4C 49 54 59 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. -- .--. . .-. ... --- -. .- .-.. .. - -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01001101 01010000 01000101 01010010 01010011 01001111 01001110 01000001 01001100 01001001 01010100 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I M P E R S O N A L I T Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 004D 0050 0045 0052 0053 004F 004E 0041 004C 0049 0054 0059 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)43475039525349483546435459 |
| 1. Definition 2. Quotations: Familiar 3. Usage Frequency 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Rhymes 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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