seduction
Substantivin Dialogen belegt
- Vereinigtes Königreich//sɪˈdʌk.ʃn̩//
- Vereinigte Staaten//sɪˈdʌk.ʃn̩//
The act of seducing.
Substantiv
- 1
The act of seducing.
Seduction is the fine art of manipulating people based on physical attraction and desire. Step 1: Be attractive. Step 2: Don't be unattractive.
- 2
veraltendThe felony of, as a man, inducing a previously chaste unmarried female to engage in sexual intercourse on a promise of marriage.
- 3
A seductive aspect of something; appeal.
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.
Herkunft
Borrowed from Middle French séduction, from Latin sēductiō, from sēdūcō. Equivalent to seduce + -tion.
Formen
- Plural
- seductions