seduction
/si'sʌkʃn/
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Definition
- 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
- an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone
- enticing someone astray from right behavior