common touch

noun

: the gift of appealing to or arousing the sympathetic interest of the common people

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King’s peers talked most about his common touch with the people who entered his courtroom. — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 3 May 2026 Carter was then, and always, an American original, an uncommon man with an innate genuine common touch. — Nicholas W. Allard, Sun Sentinel, 31 Dec. 2024 The crisis forced the royals to recognize that Diana’s common touch had connected with people in ways that had not yet occurred to the House of Windsor. — ABC News, 21 Feb. 2026 But the wildfires afford the 97th Academy Awards an opportunity to step outside the velvet rope and display a common touch. — Stephen Humphries, Christian Science Monitor, 18 Feb. 2025 Jokowi and Modi owe their victories as much to their charisma, common touch, and pro-development reputations as to their stances on questions of piety and religious discrimination. — Dan Slater, Foreign Affairs, 3 July 2019 Their pretentious vocabulary is what’s keeping progressives from connecting with everyday Americans, according to a memo prepared by a left-leaning think tank and aimed at helping Democrats regain their common touch. — Nolan Finley, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1910, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of common touch was in 1910

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“Common touch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/common%20touch. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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