name
Meaning 1
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
charisma
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/kəˈɹɪzmə/
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noun
Meaning 2
A gift or power of leadership or authority.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Examples
- The leader has his charisma.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A gift or power of leadership or authority.
The capacity to inspire devotion or enthusiasm; personal charm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Examples
- the charisma of a popular actor
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A gift or power bestowed upon a person by the Holy Spirit; a grace.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: Christianity, lifestyle, religion, theology
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: charism
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
a personal attractiveness or interestingness that enables you to influence others
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: personal appeal, personal magnetism
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: attractiveness, interest, interestingness
History
Etymology
From the common noun charisma, from Ancient Greek χάρισμα (khárisma).
From Ancient Greek χᾰ́ρῐσμᾰ (khắrĭsmă, “grace, favour, gift”), from χᾰρῐ́ζομαι (khărĭ́zomai, “to show favor”), from χᾰ́ρῐς (khắrĭs, “grace”), from the same root χαρ- (khar-) as χαίρω (khaírō, “to be happy”). Doublet of charism. First attested in 1875. Outside of theology, as early as 1930, charisma was found in a translation of a book written by German sociologist Max Weber, which OED and Etymonline regards as a semantic loan from German Charisma, denoting the special ability of certain leaders to inspire devotion (sense 1). By the 1940s and more clearly in the 1950s, the term was used more loosely to refer to personal charm in general (sense 1.1).
Across languages
Translations
53 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: هَيْبَة (hayba) — personal charm or magnetism
- Arabic: كَارِيزْمَا (kārīzmā) — personal charm or magnetism
- Armenian: խարիզմա (xarizma) — personal charm or magnetism
- Armenian: հմայք (hmaykʻ) — personal charm or magnetism
- Armenian: թովչանք (tʻovčʻankʻ) — personal charm or magnetism
- Asturian: carisma — personal charm or magnetism
- Belarusian: хары́зма (xarýzma) — personal charm or magnetism
- Catalan: carisma — personal charm or magnetism
- Chinese Mandarin: 個人魅力 /个人魅力 (gèrén mèilì) — personal charm or magnetism
- Chinese Mandarin: 人格魅力 (réngé mèilì) — personal charm or magnetism
- Dutch: charisma — personal charm or magnetism
- Esperanto: karismo — personal charm or magnetism
- Finnish: karisma — personal charm or magnetism
- French: charisme — personal charm or magnetism
- Galician: carisma — personal charm or magnetism
- Georgian: ქარიზმა (karizma) — personal charm or magnetism
- German: Ausstrahlung — personal charm or magnetism
- German: Charisma — personal charm or magnetism
- Greek: χάρισμα (chárisma) — personal charm or magnetism
- Ancient Greek: χάρισμα (khárisma) — personal charm or magnetism
- Hebrew: כריזמה — personal charm or magnetism
- Hindi: करिश्मा (kariśmā) — personal charm or magnetism
- Hungarian: karizma — personal charm or magnetism
- Indonesian: karisma — personal charm or magnetism
- Italian: carisma — personal charm or magnetism
- Japanese: カリスマ (karisuma) — personal charm or magnetism
- Japanese: シャルム (sharumu) — personal charm or magnetism
- Japanese: 魅力 (miryoku) — personal charm or magnetism
- Korean: 매력 (maeryeok) — personal charm or magnetism
- Māori: mana ātahu — personal charm or magnetism
- Māori: ihi — personal charm or magnetism
- Norwegian Bokmål: karisma — personal charm or magnetism
- Persian: کاریزما (kârizmâ) — personal charm or magnetism
- Persian: کرشمه (kirišma) — personal charm or magnetism
- Polish: charyzma — personal charm or magnetism
- Portuguese: carisma — personal charm or magnetism
- Romanian: carismă — personal charm or magnetism
- Romanian: charismă — personal charm or magnetism
- Russian: хари́зма (xarízma) — personal charm or magnetism
- Russian: обая́ние (obajánije) — personal charm or magnetism
- Russian: шарм (šarm) — personal charm or magnetism
- Russian: очарова́ние (očarovánije) — personal charm or magnetism
- Serbo-Croatian: karìzma — personal charm or magnetism
- Slovak: charizma — personal charm or magnetism
- Spanish: carisma — personal charm or magnetism
- Swedish: karisma — personal charm or magnetism
- Swedish: utstrålning — personal charm or magnetism
- Thai: เสน่ห์ (sà-nèe) — personal charm or magnetism
- Turkish: karizma — personal charm or magnetism
- Turkish: çekicilik — personal charm or magnetism
- Turkish: albeni — personal charm or magnetism
- Ukrainian: хари́зма (xarýzma) — personal charm or magnetism
- Urdu: کرشمہ (kariśma) — personal charm or magnetism