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charismatic

[kar-iz-mat-ik] / ˌkær ɪzˈmæt ɪk /


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In The Party, Evans, 47, stars as Martin Gilmour, a journalist shaped by his lifelong friendship with a wealthy and charismatic politician played by Aberystwyth-born Tom Cullen.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Rarely, if ever, has international soccer been blessed with a deeper, more talented and charismatic group of young stars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

Tiafoe and Shelton are charismatic players who feast on a packed house atmosphere and pull the crowd along.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

We have a tendency to reduce a movement down to a single individual — in particular a male, charismatic figure who has a national spotlight on him.

From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2019

The rotund Ogden Morrow was naturally charismatic, and he handled all of the company’s business affairs and public relations.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

These charismatics have been around so long that the things people used to find grating about them are now charming.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026

And I was, in a strange way, almost happy for the charismatics around me: They were being offered the promise of purpose in their lives, a pitch to be part of something big and exciting.

From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2024

For the congregations in that category, including Baptists and charismatics, that means plumbing, heating equipment, maintenance costs and potentially hundreds of gallons of water for each event.

From New York Times ● Nov. 29, 2021

A year after he was elected, Francis once knelt and was blessed by a gathering of thousands of Catholic charismatics, all speaking in tongues.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 7, 2020

In “Revelator,” emblems of American loss and catastrophe—Elvis’s death and John Henry’s, Lincoln’s assassination, the sinking of the Titanic, the Okies’ flight from the Dust Bowl—are braided with close observation of contemporary derelicts and charismatics.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 9, 2016


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