Definition

1. Noun:
   • The act of seducing someone: The process of deliberately enticing, persuading, or leading someone into a specific course of action, often of a sexual nature or away from what is considered right or proper.
   • Something that seduces; a strong attraction or temptation: A quality or feature that is powerfully and often dangerously alluring or appealing.

Usage and Examples

• Noun:
  • The novel explores the seduction of a young man by an older, wealthy woman. (This describes the act of winning someone's sexual favor.)
  • He was accused of the seduction of his client, violating professional ethics. (This describes enticing someone away from right behavior.)
  • The seduction of power can corrupt even the most idealistic leaders. (Here, 'seduction' refers to a powerful, tempting attraction.)
  • For many, the city's main seduction is its vibrant nightlife. (This uses 'seduction' to mean a compelling attraction or charm.)

Advanced Usage

• "The seductions of...": A common phrase used to describe the collective tempting attractions of something.
  • He struggled to resist the seductions of fame and fortune.
• Used in formal or literary contexts to describe a powerful, often intellectual or aesthetic, allure.
  • The seduction of his poetic language is undeniable.

Variants and Related Words

• Seduce (verb): To entice or lead astray, often by persuasion or temptation.
  • The advertisement is designed to seduce consumers into buying the product.
• Seductive (adjective): Temptingly attractive or alluring.
  • She had a seductive smile.
• Seductress (noun): A woman who seduces someone.
  • In the film, she played the role of a dangerous seductress.

Synonyms

• Temptation: The desire to do something, especially something wrong or unwise.
• Allurement: The quality of being powerfully and mysteriously attractive or fascinating.
• Enticement: Something used to attract or tempt; a lure.

Idioms and Phrases

• A seduction of the senses: A phrase describing an experience that is intensely and pleasurably appealing to the physical senses.
  • The gourmet meal was a complete seduction of the senses.

Noun

1. an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone
2. enticing someone astray from right behavior