Definition of "impersonality" [im•per•son•al•i•ty]

• The state or quality of being impersonal (noun)

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• "Essentially, the key of impersonality is to become so selfless that the self can encompass anything - everything can be appreciated and loved equally because it all has inherent goodness."
• "They make this term (altruism) the virtual equivalent of "impersonality" -- interest in others rather than in self, an interest due, according to their view, to a lack of differentiation of the individual minds; the individuals, though separate, still retain the universalism of the original mind-stuff."
• "The impersonality, which is the student's bane, which deepens into misanthropy, cynicism, and pessimism, yielded before it."