seduction
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seduction
- /sɪˈdʌk.ʃn̩/ UK
- /sɪˈdʌk.ʃn̩/ US
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French séduction, from Latin sēductiō, from sēdūcō. Equivalent to seduce + -tion.
noun seductions
- The act of seducing. 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 a
- The felony of, as a man, inducing a previously chaste unmarried female to engage in sexual intercourse on a promise of marriage.
- 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.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: conquest, enticement, lure, temptation, attraction, charm, deceit, delusion, hoax, deception, diversion, misappropriation, inducement, solicitation, hijacking, misuse
Translations
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noun act of seducing
| Español | seducción |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 유혹 yuhok |
| 日本語 | 誘惑 yūwaku |
| 中文 | 誘惑 /诱惑 yòuhuò |
| हिन्दी | प्रलोभन pralobhan |
| Português | sedução |
| Français | séduction |
| Deutsch | Verführung |
| Ελληνικά | αποπλάνηση apoplánisi, ξελόγιασμα xelógiasma |
| Русский | обольще́ние obolʹščénije, совраще́ние sovraščénije, собла́зн soblázn |
| Tiếng Việt | sự quyến rũ, sự dụ dỗ |
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title = {seduction},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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