charisma - Definitions from Dictionary.com

5 results for: charisma

Charisma Bed & Bath Save During our Semi-Annual Sale! Charisma Basics on Sale Now - 8/13 www.TheCompanyStore.com	Sponsored Links

Can we develop charisma? In a word - yes. Charisma flows from Self Confidence. Take the test www.confidenceclub.net

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This

cha·ris·ma

Audio Help [kuh-riz-muh] Pronunciation Key

–noun, plural -ma·ta

Audio Help [-muh-tuh] Pronunciation Key.

1.	Theology. a divinely conferred gift or power.

2.	a spiritual power or personal quality that gives an individual influence or authority over large numbers of people.

3.	the special virtue of an office, function, position, etc., that confers or is thought to confer on the person holding it an unusual ability for leadership, worthiness of veneration, or the like.

Also, char·ism

Audio Help [kar-iz-uh

m] Pronunciation Key.

[Origin: 1635–45; < LL < Gk, equiv. to char- (base of cháris favor, charízesthai to favor; akin to yearn, exhort) + -isma -ism

]

—Synonyms 2. charm, magnetism, presence.

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
charisma

To learn more about charisma visit Britannica.com

American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

cha·ris·ma Audio Help (kə-rĭz'mə) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. cha·ris·ma·ta (-mə-tə)

1. A rare personal quality attributed to leaders who arouse fervent popular devotion and enthusiasm.
2. Personal magnetism or charm: a television news program famed for the charisma of its anchors.
Christianity An extraordinary power, such as the ability to perform miracles, granted by the Holy Spirit.

[Greek kharisma, divine favor, from kharizesthai, to favor, from kharis, favor; see gher-² in Indo-European roots.]

(Download Now or Buy the Book)

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
charisma

c.1930, from Ger., used by Max Weber (1864-1920) in "Wirtschaft u. Gesellschaft" (1922) for "gift or power of leadership or authority," from Gk. kharisma "favor, divine gift," from kharizesthai "to show favor to," from charis "grace, beauty, kindness," related to chairein "to rejoice at," from PIE base *gher- "to desire, like." More mundane sense of "personal charm" first recorded 1959. Charismatic (1970) Christian movement, which believes in divine gifts of healing, etc., reflects the older sense of the word (which was in Eng. as charism, pl. charismata, since c.1641).

WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This

charisma
noun
a personal attractiveness or interestingness that enables you to influence others

American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
charisma [(kuh-riz-muh)]

Extraordinary power and appeal of personality; natural ability to inspire a large following.

Note: Political leaders such as John F. Kennedy, religious leaders such as Martin Luther King, Jr., and entertainment figures such as Greta Garbo have all been described as charismatic.

[Chapter:] Anthropology, Psychology, and Sociology

Browse Nearby Entries: