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They projected sexual charisma, to be sure, but it was a charisma that wastamed and domesticated for their youngest female fans.
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Jericho may be a charming villain, but behind his charisma lies a savagethug.
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They had hoped for a younger man with more manifest energy andcharisma to imbue the church with a new spirit.
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Of the recent films, Good Will Hunting was first to display the charisma ofthe fast-talking, rough-and-tumble kid from Southie.
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Clearly, personality and charisma had nothing whatsoever to do with theoutcome.
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And yet, despite his lack of charisma, he commands the respect of mostpro-revolution Libyans.
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New-York-born Beau Rosenwald moves to Los Angeles in 1960, and hischarisma helps him become a wealthy Hollywood agent.
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The charisma and brand of the artist itself becomes a kind of furniture.
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In terms of charisma, the guy has all the snap, crackle, and pop ofpudding.
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She really had a lot of charisma — you didn’t want to laugh at her, youjust wanted to laugh with her.
Little Brother Cory Doctorow
charisma
“gift of leadership, power of authority,” c.1930, from German, used in thissense by Max Weber (1864-1920) in “Wirtschaft u. Gesellschaft” (1922),from Greek kharisma “favor, divine gift,” from kharizesthai “to show favorto,” from kharis “grace, beauty, kindness” ( Charis was the name of one ofthe three attendants of Aphrodite) related to khairein “to rejoice at,” fromPIE root *gher- “to desire, like” (see hortatory ). More mundane sense of“personal charm” recorded by 1959.
Earlier, the word had been used in English with a sense of “grace, talentfrom God” (1875), directly from Latinized Greek; and in the form charism(plural charismata) it is attested with this sense in English from 1640s.Middle English, meanwhile, had karisme “spiritual gift, divine grace”(c.1500).
Extraordinary power and appeal of personality; natural ability to inspire alarge following.
Note : Political leaders such as John F. Kennedy, religious leaderssuch as Martin Luther King, Jr., and entertainment figures such asGreta Garbo have all been described as charismatic.
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