Meaning of -化 in context


I don't understand what the `-化` suffix in the following sentence means for a
word like `カリスマ`, or why fearing it can lead to early retirement. Can anyone
shine some light?

> 52歳の若さではあったが、カリスマ化を恐れて早々に身を引き、...




Let's examine 化 and some compound words it forms:

>   * 化(suffix) - action of making something
>
>   * 悪化する - worsen, deteriorate. Lit: to make worse  
>  Corresponding noun (without する) : deterioration
>
>   * 一体化する - unify, integrate. Lit: to make into one body  
>  Corresponding nouns: unification, integration
>
>   * 一般化する - generalise. Lit: to make general/ordinary  
>  Corresponding nouns: generalisation, popularisation
>
>

Now for カリスマ化する, the literal meaning would roughly be "to make charismatic",
and its corresponding noun would be as glacier puts it "charismatification".
Not a real word but it's supposed to mean "the process of being made
charismatic".

For the translation of the whole excerpt I think glacier has done a pretty
good job in the question comment.




Let's examine 化 and some compound words it forms:

>   * 化(suffix) - action of making something
>
>   * 悪化する - worsen, deteriorate. Lit: to make worse  
>  Corresponding noun (without する) : deterioration
>
>   * 一体化する - unify, integrate. Lit: to make into one body  
>  Corresponding nouns: unification, integration
>
>   * 一般化する - generalise. Lit: to make general/ordinary  
>  Corresponding nouns: generalisation, popularisation
>
>

Now for カリスマ化する, the literal meaning would roughly be "to make charismatic",
and its corresponding noun would be as glacier puts it "charismatification".
Not a real word but it's supposed to mean "the process of being made
charismatic".

For the translation of the whole excerpt I think glacier has done a pretty
good job in the question comment.

