charisma

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Bradshaw was years away from the career that would bring him fame and glory in professional American football, but his charisma was apparent from the first, as was his athletic skill.

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

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  • Bradshaw was years away from the career that would bring him fame and glory in professional American football, but his charisma was apparent from the first, as was his athletic skill. —  The New Yorker
  • In 1994 Clinton defeated the stiff and perceived "Washington insider," Bob Dole, once again showing that his charisma was the soup the public was ordering. —  Newspaper Tree
  • Osborne's attitude and charisma are the common thread for blues-rock stomps like "Rodeo," plaintive folk songs ( "Daddy-O") and more straight-ahead pop numbers (the Carole King-esque "Meet You in the Middle"). —  PopMatters
  • Charisma: The Gift of Grace and How It Has Been Taken Away from Us. Rieff draws on (and disputes) Max Weber's idea of charisma, which was in Weber's formulation a form of authority. —  Audition
  • Reformation of character, not revival of charisma is the call of God. —  Blogotional
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  1. Greek kharisma, divine favor, from kharizesthai, to favor, from kharis, favor; see gher-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. New Latin
 

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