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nounan act or instance of seducing, especially sexually. the condition of being seduced. a means of seducing; enticement; temptation. Also se·duce·ment [si-doos-muhnt, -dyoos-]. /sɪˈdus mənt, -ˈdyus-/. Origin of seduction1520–30; <Latin sēductiōn- (stem of sēductiō) a leading aside, equivalent to sēduct(us) (past participle of sēdūcere to seduce) + -iōn--ion Words nearby seductionSedna, Sedrah, sed rate, seduce, seducer, seduction, seductive, seductress, sedulity, sedulous, sedum Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for seductionThe second was that the demand for seduction schooling was elastic. The Secret World of Pickup Artist Julien Blanc|Brandy Zadrozny|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST In 1954, Dr. Fredric Wertham made the same claim in his controversial book, Seduction of the Innocent. Holy Homophobia, Batman! A Queer Reading of the Dark Knight|Rich Goldstein|July 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST There were two modes of being with him, I think it was seduction on the one hand and bewilderment on the other. The Perils of Being a Hemingway Wife|Nico Hines|February 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST Had some of them previously witnessed his attempts at seduction? Beethoven in Love: The Woman Who Captivated the Young Composer|John Suchet|January 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, technology does the seduction. Temptations of the Flesh in Sin City Are Nothing for 150,000 Nerds|John L. Smith|January 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST Seduction, in truth, is far from tragedy for either Jennie or Carrie. A Book of Prefaces|H. L. Mencken The seduction of any unbetrothed maiden involved marriage, or the payment of a dowry. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus|G. A. Chadwick Partly by an undue thirst for knowledge, and partly by increasing sensuality, and the seduction of woman, man fell. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions|T. W. Doane His own account of his seduction from the paths of poetry by the wiles of philosophy is that physiology acted as the go-between. English Men of Letters: Coleridge|H. D. Traill She put up her face, and kissed him with all the girlish rippling smiles she had used for his seduction in the beginning.
British Dictionary definitions for seduction
nounthe act of seducing or the state of being seduced a means of seduction Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to seductionpersuasion, lure, temptation, come-on, attraction, allurement, inducement, cajolery, tantalizing |