charisma

See also: Charisma

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χᾰ́ρῐσμᾰ (khárisma, “grace, favour, gift”), from χᾰρῐ́ζομαι (kharízomai, “I show favor”), from χᾰ́ρῐς (kháris, “grace”), from χαίρω (khaírō, “I am happy”). Doublet of charism.

Outside of theology, a semantic loan from German Charisma in the work of German sociologist Max Weber, originally denoting the special ability of certain leaders to inspire devotion. By the 1940s, the term was used more loosely to refer to personal charm in general.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈɹɪzmə/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

charisma (usually uncountable, plural charismas or charismata)

1. Personal charm or magnetism.
2. (Christianity) An extraordinary power granted by the Holy Spirit.
3. The ability to influence without the use of logic.

Synonyms

• charm, spell

Derived terms

• charismaless
• charismania
• charismatic

 

Translations

personal charm or magnetism

• Arabic: كَارِيزْمَا f (kārīzmā)
• Armenian: խարիզմա (hy) (xarizma), հմայք (hy) (hmaykʻ), թովչանք (hy) (tʻovčʻankʻ)
• Asturian: carisma m
• Belarusian: хары́зма f (xarýzma)
• Catalan: carisma (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 魅力 (zh) (mèilì)

• Dutch: charisma (nl) n
• Esperanto: karismo
• Finnish: karisma (fi)
• French: charisme (fr) m
• Galician: carisma (gl) m
• Georgian: ქარიზმა (karizma)
• German: Ausstrahlung (de) f, Charisma (de) n
• Greek:

  Ancient: χάρισμα n (khárisma)

  Modern: χάρισμα (el) n (chárisma)

• Hebrew: כריזמה (he) f
• Hungarian: karizma (hu)
• Indonesian: karisma (id)
• Italian: carisma (it) m
• Japanese: カリスマ (ja) (karisuma), シャルム (sharumu), 魅力 (ja) (みりょく, miryoku)
• Korean: 매력 (ko) (maeryeok)
• Maori: mana ātahu
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: karisma m

• Persian: کاریزما (fa) (kârizmâ)
• Polish: charyzma (pl) f
• Portuguese: carisma (pt) m
• Romanian: carismă f, charismă f
• Russian: хари́зма (ru) f (xarízma), обая́ние (ru) n (obajánije), шарм (ru) m (šarm), очарова́ние (ru) n (očarovánije)
• Serbo-Croatian: karìzma (sh) f
• Spanish: carisma (es) m
• Swedish: karisma (sv) c, utstrålning (sv) c
• Thai: เสน่ห์ (th) (sà-nèe)
• Turkish: karizma (tr)
• Ukrainian: хари́зма (uk) f (xarýzma)

extraordinary power granted by the Holy Spirit — see charism

ability to influence without the use of logic

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Translations to be checked

• Spanish: pegue (es) m

Anagrams

• archaism, machairs

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χᾰ́ρῐσμᾰ (khárisma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌxaːˈrɪs.maː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: cha‧ris‧ma
• Rhymes: -ɪsmaː

Noun

charisma n (plural charisma's or charismata)

1. (Christianity) charisma (gift of the Holy Spirit)

   Synonym: genadegave

2. charisma (personal affability)

Derived terms

• charismaticus
• charismatisch

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χᾰ́ρῐσμᾰ (khárisma, “grace, favour, gift”).

Noun

charisma n (genitive charismatis); third declension

1. gift, present, favor
2. spiritual gift, gift of God, God-given grace

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	charisma	charismata
Genitive	charismatis	charismatum
Dative	charismatī	charismatibus
Accusative	charisma	charismata
Ablative	charismate	charismatibus
Vocative	charisma	charismata

References

• “charisma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• charisma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “charisma”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC