seduction

[ si-duhk-shuhn ]

noun

1. an act or instance of seducing, especially sexually.
2. the condition of being seduced.
3. a means of seducing; enticement; temptation.

seduction

/ sɪˈdʌkʃən /

noun

1. the act of seducing or the state of being seduced
2. a means of seduction

Word History and Origins

Origin of seduction¹

First recorded in 1520–30; from Latin sēductiōn-, stem of sēductiō “a leading aside,” from sēduct(us) “led aside” (past participle of sēdūcere “to lead aside”; seduce ) + -iō -ion

Example Sentences

It is perhaps not a coincidence that when Vi and Caitlyn finally consummate their relationship, the literal seduction is linked to Vi’s figurative succumbing to Caitlyn’s politics: She accepts the badge, with all of the raw emotion of a zealous new recruit to a supposedly noble cause.

From Salon

The seduction of isolation battles with the craving to be held and seen in all their pain, all their darkness, all their hard-won familiarity with the underworlds that most souls spend their entire lives trying to escape.

From Los Angeles Times

What initially seems like seduction begins to feel like sedation, and the movie nearly loses itself in its drowsy rhythm.

From Salon

Michael Caine’s performance as the transgender psychiatrist/murderer in “Dressed to Kill” is “predictably amazing and daring”; that film’s intricately constructed cat-and-mouse seduction sequence at the Metropolitan Museum of Art — the interiors were actually shot at the Philadelphia Museum of Art — is “simply mesmerizing and bewitching.”

From Los Angeles Times

This is a drama about the seduction of language.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• persuasion