talismanic

From talisman +‎ -ic.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌtælɪzˈmænɪk/

talismanic (comparative more talismanic, superlative most talismanic)

1. Of, relating to, or like, a talisman.
   • 2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport‎:

     Oleg Blokhin's side lost the talismanic Andriy Shevchenko to the substitutes' bench because of a knee injury but still showed enough to put England through real turmoil in spells.

   • 2021 July 14, Stephen L. Carter, “What Thurgood Marshall Taught Me”, in The New York Times:

     For Marshall, law possessed a talismanic quality, representing all that was best in American democracy.

   • 2023 August 7, Kieran Pender, “Caitlin Foord and Hayley Raso fire Australia into quarter-finals with win over Denmark”, in The Guardian‎:

     Midfielder Hayley Raso put the game beyond doubt in the second half, before the team’s talismanic striker Sam Kerr – the face of this home World Cup – made her return to the pitch following the calf injury she suffered on the eve of the tournament.

2. Possessing or believed to possess protective magical power.

• talismanically

• anaclitism

Borrowed from French talismanique.

talismanic m or n (feminine singular talismanică, masculine plural talismanici, feminine and neuter plural talismanice)

1. talismanic