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Noun

1. 1
   The state or quality of being impersonal uncountable, usually

   "Yet paradoxically, Huston being Huston, its most personal quality is the director's self-effacement, its impersonality."

Synonyms

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ceremonialceremonycoldnessconstraintdetachmentdignity

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"Yet paradoxically, Huston being Huston, its most personal quality is the director's self-effacement, its impersonality."

Etymology

From impersonal + -ity.

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