What's the difference between charisma and uncharismatic?
Charisma
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Example Sentences:
(1) Gove said in the interview that he did not want to be Tory leader, claiming that he lacked the "extra spark of charisma and star quality" possessed by others.
(2) The military prosecutor, major Rob Stelle, told the court: "Sergeant Gibbs had a charisma, he had a 'follow me' personality.
(3) The scene highlighted Dines's explosive charisma and the fact that, since the death of Andrea Dworkin, she has risen to that most difficult and interesting of public roles: the world's leading anti-pornography campaigner.
(4) Intellectual stimulation, charisma, and individual consideration constitute aspects of transformational leadership that are suggested to enhance retention and staff satisfaction.
(5) Lovejoy was a big deal, with X Factor-sized ratings: McShane's easygoing charisma reeled in up to 16m viewers a week.
(6) "The family charisma has faded away," senior BJP figure Arun Jaitley said on Monday.
(7) He has charisma, he’s self-made and that’s why the Pakistani establishment hates him.” The MQM has come into ever greater conflict with the rangers in the last two years as both the central government in Islamabad and the powerful army have sought to impose order on the unruly port city of 20 million people.
(8) Too often we in New Labour thought that the mixture of being in the right policy position, uttering the right language and relying on Tony's charisma was enough.
(9) Gant added that, despite Kelly Brooks's insistence that she always knew her ex-boyfriend would be the next Hollywood action star, Statham does not have the charisma and humour of a Bruce Willis.
(10) Some astronauts from past generations have not been known for their charisma.
(11) Three invaluable points were the material return from the man who oozes charisma and is deadly serious about winning matches.
(12) Hopes that Barack Obama would deploy his authority as the leader of the world's largest economy — and his political charisma — to try to broker a last-minute deal were also frustrated.
(13) The charisma of August Forel and the impressions of atmosphere at the Zurich Burghölzli must already have had a formative effect on Hauptmann in 1888.
(14) Susuks or charm needles are a form of talisman inserted and worn subcutaneously, in the face and other parts of the body, in the belief that they will enhance or preserve the wearer's beauty, youth, charisma, strength or health, or bring success in business.
(15) With his moral authority and charisma, the pope has helped reframe climate change from an arcane set of negotiations into an issue with sweeping moral implications.
(16) He is in many ways a fascinating player all round: a beautifully balanced two-footed playmaker who is at the same time not particularly athletic, not particularly quick, not particularly strong, not blessed with disorienting charisma or given to outlandish moments of extraordinary skill.
(17) At the same time this is an unusual elite footballer with unusual elite gifts, one whose outline can often be obscured by that irresistible charisma.
(18) She said: "He's got natural charm and charisma, very quick witted, and he's pretty small-c conservative in his political leanings, with a default setting towards protectionism.
(19) The result raises wider questions over whether the result is a simple one-off reflecting Galloway's personal charisma, or instead a sign of a wider detachment from mainstream party politics.
(20) But you can’t, you’ve got to take him as he is.” Unlike Kennedy, who exuded Hollywood-style charisma, Johnson would have been ill-suited to the age of mass media and social media.
Uncharismatic
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) And it has shaken the changes consolidated by Clement Attlee, that deeply uncharismatic but honourable and far-sighted politician.
(2) In lieu of movie stars, it featured the dry, uncharismatic former chancellor Alistair Darling and a full set of Scotland’s unionist party leaders: Johann Lamont, for Labour, Ruth Davidson for the Tories and the Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie.
(3) The ability of the uncharismatic and relatively moderate (in Republican party terms) Mitt Romney to exert an increasing stranglehold over his party's nomination race has many causes, but the sheer size of Mr Romney's Super Pac, Restore Our Future , is certainly a crucial one of them.
(4) He had a diffident, rather uncharismatic voice, as underwhelming in its way as that of David Beckham .
(5) The leader it must live with, for now, is the pragmatic but uncharismatic Angela Merkel .
(6) Hollande himself said he had "heard the message", sacked his devoted but uncharismatic prime minister, and decided … not to change policy.
(7) Bland, bespectacled, and smartly suited, Herzog is handicapped by a reedy voice and a geeky and uncharismatic manner, not helped by his nickname – Bougie – which his mother Aura has explained referred to his doll-like appearance as a child.
(8) In so doing the programme exposed Griffin for what he is a smartly-dressed and uncharismatic thug.
(9) The Liberal leader, John Howard, was uncharismatic but shrewd, and listened closely to Crosby.
(10) Corbyn is famously uncharismatic and this has served him well.