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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1851, in Bible commentary and theology, in reference to the operation of the Holy Spirit and prophetic ecstasy in the early Church (from the use of Greek kharismata in Rom. xii), from Latin stem of charisma + -ic . As a movement in modern Christian churches ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Charismatic \Char`is*mat"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to a charism.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Of, related to, or having charisma. 2 Of, related to, or being a member of a form of Christianity that emphasises the role of the Holy Spirit. n. a member of such a Christian movement

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Charismatic (foaled March 13, 1996) is a stallion Thoroughbred horse , and is known as one of the closest challengers to the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing during the 37-year drought between Affirmed in 1978 and American Pharoah in 2015. He was trained ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a charismatic leader (= who people greatly admire and want to follow ) ▪ Martin Luther King, one of the most charismatic leaders of the Civil Rights movement a charismatic personality (= strong and attractive, so ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. possessing an extraordinary ability to attract; "a charismatic leader"; "a magnetic personality" [syn: magnetic ]

Usage examples of charismatic.

Perhaps, as she flicked through the financial papers, looking for a man who would marry her and carry her away to a world of timeless prosperity untouched by fashion, she noticed the features of young Nole Whard, charismatic ecology-conscious promoter of biotechnical artefacts, whose company, Bionics Inc.

Maria had a love affair with the handsome and charismatic Decembrist exile Alessandro Poggio, the son of an Italian nobleman who had come to Russia in the 1770s.

To the majority of Germans Hitler had - or would shortly assume - the aura of a truly charismatic leader.

Attorney Sharon Hays is reluctant to defend this charismatic politician--for highly personal reasons.

And I realized instantly that was a direct, locally known quote of my father, Gerry Nanapush, famous politicking hero, dangerous armed criminal, judo expert, escape artist, charismatic member of the American Indian Movement, and smoker of many pipes of kinnikinnick in the most radical groups.

Rafael Lukan must be a very charismatic teacher to inspire his students to rebel.

But on him in that moment was the magikos, a the charismatic grace, the transcendent magnetism, the presence, the messiahship, the draiocht.

Hari had appealed to Cleon to bring to Trantor five individuals of just that political breed, the ruthless, charismatic tyrant.

In the street looked on underworld hoods as some sort of glamorous, charismatic defiers of the system.

In its oddly charismatic leader, its promise of community, and the offer of magical powers in exchange for money and fervent belief, it is typical of many pseudosciences marketed for sacerdotal export.

After the Ivory Coast and Kenya had fallen upon hard times, Ghana was acclaimed by some Africanists as the new African “success story,” with a relatively stable government, led by a charismatic and somewhat-benevolent military dictator, Jerry Rawlings.

On 15 March, Ash Wednesday, his charismatic hate-filled oratory aroused his parishioners to such a frenzy that they stormed from his church toward the Jewish quarter of Seville.

With the blind and unshakable determination Hari could bring to bear when confronted with a psychohistorical problem, and against Dors' wishes, Hari had appealed to Cleon to bring to Trantor five individuals of just that political breed, the ruthless, charismatic tyrant.

With the blind and unshakable determination Hari could bring to bear when confronted with a psychohistorical problem, and against Dors wishes, Hari had appealed to Cleon to bring to Trantor five individuals of just that political breed, the ruthless, charismatic tyrant.

The Golden Gate Bridge, the Washington Monument, the Taj Mahal, the Church of Christ the Saviour in Addis Ababa (full) and the East Chicago nuke were all the explosions of other, more charismatic bombers.