seductive

adj
/sɪˈdʌktɪv/UK

Etymology

From Latin sēduct-, past-participle stem of sēdūcere, + -ive.

  1. derived from sēduct-

Definitions

  1. Attractive, alluring, tempting.

    • Evil is said to be seductive, which is one reason why people do what they know they shouldn't.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

8 hops · closes at seductive

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

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