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seduction

noun
/sɪˈdʌk.ʃn̩/UK/sɪˈdʌk.ʃn̩/US

Etymology

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

  1. derived from sēductiō
  2. borrowed from séduction

Definitions

  1. 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.

  2. The felony of, as a man, inducing a previously chaste unmarried female to engage in…

    The felony of, as a man, inducing a previously chaste unmarried female to engage in sexual intercourse on a promise of marriage.

  3. A seductive aspect of something

    A seductive aspect of something; appeal.

    • 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.

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Derived

hypnoseduction, seduction community, seductionist, seduction theory

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at seduction. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at seduction. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at seduction

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA