charismatic
noun
plural charismatics
1
: a member of a religious group or movement that stresses the seeking of direct divine inspiration and charisms (such as glossolalia or healing)
2
: a person who possesses special traits that attract, inspire, or fascinate other people : a person possessing charisma
One of those people like Teddy Roosevelt or Mick Jagger. He was just one of those great charismatics who turned heads and dominated a room.—
Dan Aykroyd
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According to Taylor, independent charismatics are the fastest-growing religious demographic in the United States and around world.
—Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 12 June 2025
Contemporary Black Pentecostals and charismatics are turning the page on their history of political apathy – whether through public endorsements, voter registration drives or as part of groups such as the Black Church PAC.
—Dara Delgado, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2024
Matt Taylor, on the other hand, patrols the whirlpool of televangelists, charismatics and Pentecostals in an effort to learn why so many of them carried their devotion to Trump to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
—Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2024
Netherland's charismatic, Trinidadian take on Jay Gatsby, for the sweet and haunted narrator, Hans van den Broek, and for O'Neill's long and elegant opera gloves of sentences.
—The Week Staff, The Week, 21 Nov. 2022
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Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 12 June 2025
Contemporary Black Pentecostals and charismatics are turning the page on their history of political apathy – whether through public endorsements, voter registration drives or as part of groups such as the Black Church PAC.
—Dara Delgado, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2024
Matt Taylor, on the other hand, patrols the whirlpool of televangelists, charismatics and Pentecostals in an effort to learn why so many of them carried their devotion to Trump to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
—Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2024
Netherland's charismatic, Trinidadian take on Jay Gatsby, for the sweet and haunted narrator, Hans van den Broek, and for O'Neill's long and elegant opera gloves of sentences.
—The Week Staff, The Week, 21 Nov. 2022
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“Charismatic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/charismatic. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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