seduction

nounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//sɪˈdʌk.ʃn̩//
United States//sɪˈdʌk.ʃn̩//

The act of seducing.

noun

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
datedThe 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.

Etymology

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

Forms

plural: seductions

Sedan · A commune in Ardennes department, France, notable as the site…sedative · An agent or drug that sedates, having a calming or soothing…seduce · To beguile or lure (someone) away from duty, accepted…

seduction · The act of seducing.

seductive · Attractive, alluring, tempting.see · To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or…See · A surname. An English surname.

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