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seduction

UK/sɪˈdʌk.ʃn̩/US/sɪˈdʌk.ʃn̩/
nounB2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #8,395 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: seductions

Seduction is the leading of somebody into something, especially sex. The seduction of easy money.

The wider sense covers being drawn into any course of action against your better judgement. The Latin behind it is leading aside, which is exactly the picture.

William-Adolphe Bouguereau · Public domain

Definitions of seduction

  1. 1nounseductionThe leading of somebody into something, especially sex.B2+

    “The whole book is about the seduction of a quiet life by money.”

seduction is a leading.

Where it comes from

Latin seductio comes from seducere, to lead aside, from se plus ducere, to lead.

  1. Proto-Indo-European

    *dewk-

  2. Latin

    sēductiō

  3. Middle French

    séduction

  4. English, today

    seduction

Borrowed from Middle French séduction, from Latin sēductiō, from sēdūcō. Equivalent to seduce + tion.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

seduction in the wild

  • In sexuality, seduction means enticing someone else into sexual intercourse or other sexual activity.

    Seduction

  • The word seduction stems from Latin seducere, which means, literally, 'to lead astray' or 'to draw aside'.

    Seduction

  • The tort of seduction was a civil wrong or tort in common law legal systems, and still exists in some jurisdictions.

    Seduction (tort)

  • Forced seduction is a theme found frequently in Western literature (mainly romance novels and soap operas) wherein man-on-woman rape eventually turns into a genuine love affair.

    Forced seduction

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.