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/sɪˈdʌk.ʃn̩/
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/sɪˈdʌk.ʃn̩/
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sɪˈdʌk.ʃn̩
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- US
Noun
The act of seducing.
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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!
Seduction is the fine art of manipulating people based on physical attraction and desire. Step 1: Be attractive. Step 2: Don't be unattractive.
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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- Dated
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- in English common law
A seductive aspect of something; appeal.
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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.
Noun
enticing someone astray from right behavior
- Broader terms
an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone
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