as in temptation
the act or pressure of giving in to a desire especially when ill-advised
the swift seduction of the home buyers into a bigger house than they could afford
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The goal is to understand the seduction of fascism, why so many people fell for Mussolini’s message then, and why so many are falling for a similar message today.
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Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Dec. 2024
Satan’s seduction of Eve had to define the very idea of what seduction was: an act of irresistible trickery on the part of the seducer; a moral and an intellectual failing on the part of the seduced.
—Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
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Jennifer Zuccarini’s Favorite Things The founder of Fleur du Mal lingerie and fashion believes in sophisticated seduction and provocative wit.
—airmail.news, 2 Nov. 2024
Even worse, his seduction involves telling the truth (though sometimes with unforeseen consequences).
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2024
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Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Dec. 2024
Satan’s seduction of Eve had to define the very idea of what seduction was: an act of irresistible trickery on the part of the seducer; a moral and an intellectual failing on the part of the seduced.
—Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
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Jennifer Zuccarini’s Favorite Things The founder of Fleur du Mal lingerie and fashion believes in sophisticated seduction and provocative wit.
—airmail.news, 2 Nov. 2024
Even worse, his seduction involves telling the truth (though sometimes with unforeseen consequences).
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for seduction
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“Seduction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seduction. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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