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Personal magnetism - archaism
Answer for the clue "Personal magnetism - archaism ", 8 letters:
charisma
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Word definitions in WordNet
n. a personal attractiveness that enables you to influence others [syn: personal appeal , personal magnetism ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"gift of leadership, power of authority," c.1930, from German, used in this sense by Max Weber (1864-1920) in "Wirtschaft u. Gesellschaft" (1922), from Greek kharisma "favor, divine gift," from kharizesthai "to show favor to," from kharis "grace, beauty, ...
Usage examples of charisma.
But unlike Tarkin, Sulamar gave orders that had no merit, and the general had none of the personal power or ironhard charisma Tarkin had displayed.
And from the neurologicians: configuration, face dancing, ritual analysis, mythopoesis, charisma, and outer theatre.
Chenzeme tissue, so that Nikko had some understanding of the charismata.
How on earth could a woman hope to hold her own against that kind of charisma, coupled with what looked like a shrewd understanding of both temperamental writers and women?
He encourages them to idolise him, to adore him, to be awed by him, to admire his deeds and capabilities, to learn to blindly trust and obey him, in short to surrender to his charisma and to become submerged in his folies-de-grandeur.
They could sense the charismata only through the mucous membranes of their noses and mouths.
Tall and powerful in his silver battle armor chased with gold, he positively radiated strength and wisdom, and his charisma almost outshone the overhead lights.
Its parasitic tendrils lived in her brain, opening her to the influence of his charismata.
Julie remembered to one of those critical that turned it a human conglomerate when saying that Zachary Benedict had the magnetism animal of Sean youthful Connery, the talent of a Newman, the charisma of Costner, the machismo of a young person Eastwood, the smooth one sophistication of Warren Beatty, the versatility of Michael Douglas and the attractiveness of Harrison Ford.
His sensory system extended from the outer membrane of philosopher cells to the bioactive walls of this chamber, where glands synthesized the charismata of his moods.
Once, Nikko let slip that he'd learned the charismata from a "mating" with a Chenzeme ship.
Yet Lot had played similar games when he'd lived in the sky city of Silk, at Deception Well, using the charismata as his infiltrating weapon.
Most of the time he could manufacture the charismata that would blow away nascent feelings of loneliness, so that he didn't really miss her.
There was no evidence at all to back Nikko's claim that he'd learned the charismata from a mating with a Chenzeme ship.
Her voice trembled, and Lot felt a flush of soothing charismata rise from his sensory tears, though they couldn't touch her.