Having a special charm or appeal that attracts and influences other people; having an exciting or magnetic personality.
From Greek 'charisma' meaning gift of grace, from 'charis' meaning grace or favor. Popularized by sociologist Max Weber in the early 1900s to describe leadership.
Weber's idea of 'charismatic authority' explained how ordinary people become mass-movement leaders without official power—pure personality magnetism!
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