seduction
The act of seducingThe act of seducing.
» I can't shake off her seduction.
Meaning
3 senses(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.
Verführung
обольще́ниеobolʹščénije, совраще́ниеsovraščénije, собла́знsoblázn
an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone
(countable, dated, uncountable)The felony of, as a man, inducing a previously chaste unmarried female to engage in sexual intercourse on a promise of marriage.
(countable, usually plural, uncountable)A seductive aspect of something; appeal.
Examples
5 sentencesI can't shake off her seduction.
To achieve his ends, he resorts to seduction.
To achieve her ends, she resorts to seduction.
Sami entered a new world of seduction and sex.
There were grace, seduction, mystery, and coquetry in her face and in all her movements.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Middle French séduction, from Latin sēductiō, from sēdūcō. Equivalent to sedBorrowed from Middle French séduction, from Latin sēductiō, from sēdūcō. Equivalent to seduce + -tion.
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Forms
plural: seductions| Singular | seduction |
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone:conquest
Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable