seduction en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /sɪˈdʌk.ʃn̩/ (Received-Pronunciation, UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /sɪˈdʌk.ʃn̩/ (General-American, US)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French séduction, from Latin sēductiō, from sēdūcō. Equivalent to seduce + -tion.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) 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.
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!
2007 September 28, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 2, Episode 6
- (countable, dated, in English common law, uncountable) The felony of, as a man, inducing a previously chaste unmarried female to engage in sexual intercourse on a promise of marriage.
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(countable, plural-normally, uncountable) 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.
2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page xi:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| seductions | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
seduction community · hypnoseduction · seduction theory · seductionist
Relateds
Translations (41)
es seducción (act of seducing) · pt sedução (act of seducing) · el ξελόγιασμα (act of seducing) · vi sự dụ dỗ (act of seducing) · sl zapeljevanje (act of seducing) · cs svádění (act of seducing) · fr séduction (act of seducing) · cy llithio (act of seducing) · hy գայթակղություն (act of seducing) · cy llithiad (act of seducing) · gl sedución (act of seducing) · hi प्रलोभन (act of seducing) · ru обольще́ние (act of seducing) · fi viettely (act of seducing) · ms penggodaan (act of seducing) · ca seducció (act of seducing) · ko 유혹 (act of seducing) · pl uwodzenie (act of seducing) · got 𐌿𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (act of seducing) · cmn 誘惑 /诱惑 (act of seducing) · tr ayartma (act of seducing) · ru совраще́ние (act of seducing) · de Verführung (act of seducing) · ja 誘惑 (act of seducing) · da forføring (act of seducing) · vi sự quyến rũ (act of seducing) · pdt Vefierunk (act of seducing) · tr ayartı (act of seducing) · ru собла́зн (act of seducing) · bg съблазняване (act of seducing) · mi hīangatanga (act of seducing) · fi houkuttelu (act of seducing) · mi whakawaitanga (act of seducing) · el αποπλάνηση (act of seducing) · nl verleiding (act of seducing) · la inlectamentum (act of seducing) · zza ca kerde (diq) (act of seducing) · te ప్రలోభము (act of seducing) · sk zvádzanie (act of seducing) · hy գայթակղում (act of seducing) · bg прелъстяване (act of seducing)