Seduction

//sɪˈdʌk.ʃn̩// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of seducing. countable, uncountable

    "Douglas: Well done on passing the test, Jen... Yes, all those clumsy attempts at seduction. Don't tell me you couldn't see through them. They were a test to find out whether you really wanted to work for me or whether you just wanted to come up here for my body. Jen: Oh, no, no, no, no, no, not at all. Douglas: All right. Jen: No, physically you're just not the sort of man I go for. Douglas: Yeah, thanks, Jen. Jen: I go for the classically good-looking men: Blond, broad, and generally clean shaven. Douglas: Alright, yeah, enough of the jibber-jabber!"

  2. 2
    enticing someone astray from right behavior wordnet
  3. 3
    The felony of, as a man, inducing a previously chaste unmarried female to engage in sexual intercourse on a promise of marriage. countable, dated, uncountable
  4. 4
    an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone wordnet
  5. 5
    A seductive aspect of something; appeal. countable, plural-normally, uncountable

    "It is with no small degree of irony that I confess that immersing myself in an interdisciplinary project has warmed me to the seductions of disciplinary perspectives."

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French séduction, from Latin sēductiō, from sēdūcō. Equivalent to seduce + -tion.

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