seduction
noun/sɪˈdʌkʃn/
/sɪˈdʌkʃn/
- [uncountable, countable] the act of persuading somebody to have sex with you
- Cleopatra’s seduction of Caesar
- [countable, usually plural, uncountable] seduction (of something) the qualities or features of something that make it seem attractive synonym enticement
- Who could resist the seductions of the tropical island?
- the seduction of fame
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from French séduction or Latin seductio(n-), from seducere ‘draw aside’, from se- ‘away, apart’ + ducere ‘to lead’.
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