"seduction" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /sɪˈdʌk.ʃn̩/ [Received-Pronunciation, UK], /sɪˈdʌk.ʃn̩/ [General-American, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-seduction.wav Forms: seductions [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French séduction, from Latin seductio, from sēdūcō. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dewk-}}, {{bor|en|frm|séduction}} Middle French séduction, {{der|en|la|seductio}} Latin seductio Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} seduction (countable and uncountable, plural seductions)
  1. The act of seducing. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of seducing): գայթակղում (gaytʻakġum) (Armenian), գայթակղություն (gaytʻakġutʻyun) (Armenian), съблазняване (sǎblaznjavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), прелъстяване (prelǎstjavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), seducció [feminine] (Catalan), 誘惑 (Chinese Mandarin), 诱惑 (yòuhuò) (Chinese Mandarin), svádění [neuter] (Czech), forføring [common-gender] (Danish), verleiding (Dutch), houkuttelu (Finnish), viettely (Finnish), séduction [feminine] (French), sedución [feminine] (Galician), Verführung [feminine] (German), 𐌿𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (uswandeins) [feminine] (Gothic), αποπλάνηση (apoplánisi) [feminine] (Greek), ξελόγιασμα (xelógiasma) [neuter] (Greek), 誘惑 (yūwaku) (alt: ゆうわく) (Japanese), 유혹 (yuhok) (Korean), inlectamentum [neuter] (Latin), penggodaan (Malay), hīangatanga (Maori), Vefierunk [feminine] (Plautdietsch), uwodzenie [neuter] (Polish), sedução [feminine] (Portuguese), обольще́ние (obolʹščénije) [neuter] (Russian), совраще́ние (sovraščénije) [neuter] (Russian), собла́зн (soblázn) (english: temptation) [masculine] (Russian), zvádzanie [plural] (Slovak), zapeljevanje [plural] (Slovene), seducción [feminine] (Spanish), ప్రలోభము (pralōbhamu) (Telugu), sự quyến rũ (Vietnamese), sự dụ dỗ (Vietnamese), llithio [masculine] (Welsh), llithiad [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-seduction-en-noun-aue5mGEB Disambiguation of 'act of seducing': 97 1 1
  2. (dated, law, in English common law) The felony of, as a man, inducing a previously chaste unmarried female to engage in sexual intercourse on a promise of marriage. Tags: countable, dated, uncountable Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-seduction-en-noun-LTBmVGZA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Gothic translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Telugu translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 73 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 14 67 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 14 67 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 14 67 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 13 66 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 11 68 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 20 63 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 67 19 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 18 63 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 14 67 19 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 15 71 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Gothic translations: 11 69 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 14 56 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 15 72 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 14 67 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 15 72 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 14 67 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 9 63 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 14 67 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 5 91 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 16 58 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 14 67 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 15 72 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 14 67 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 14 67 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 15 72 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Telugu translations: 14 66 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 14 67 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 19 65 16 Topics: law
  3. (usually in the plural) A seductive aspect of something; appeal. Tags: countable, plural-normally, uncountable
    Sense id: en-seduction-en-noun-~2dEOSSy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hypnoseduction, seduction theory Related terms: seduce

Inflected forms

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    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Telugu translations",
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          "text": "Douglas: Well done on passing the test, Jen... Yes, all those clumsy attempts at seduction. Don't tell me you couldn't see through them. They were a test to find out whether you really wanted to work for me or whether you just wanted to come up here for my body.\nJen: Oh, no, no, no, no, no, not at all.\nDouglas: All right.\nJen: No, physically you're just not the sort of man I go for.\nDouglas: Yeah, thanks, Jen.\nJen: I go for the classically good-looking men: Blond, broad, and generally clean shaven.\nDouglas: Alright, yeah, enough of the jibber-jabber!"
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      "sense": "act of seducing",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "sedución"
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "got",
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      "roman": "uswandeins",
      "sense": "act of seducing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "𐌿𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apoplánisi",
      "sense": "act of seducing",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "αποπλάνηση"
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      "sense": "act of seducing",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ξελόγιασμα"
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      "alt": "ゆうわく",
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      "roman": "yūwaku",
      "sense": "act of seducing",
      "word": "誘惑"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yuhok",
      "sense": "act of seducing",
      "word": "유혹"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "act of seducing",
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      "code": "ms",
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      "sense": "act of seducing",
      "word": "penggodaan"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "act of seducing",
      "word": "hīangatanga"
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      "sense": "act of seducing",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of seducing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "uwodzenie"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act of seducing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sedução"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obolʹščénije",
      "sense": "act of seducing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "обольще́ние"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sovraščénije",
      "sense": "act of seducing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "совраще́ние"
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      "code": "ru",
      "english": "temptation",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "soblázn",
      "sense": "act of seducing",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "act of seducing",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "zvádzanie"
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "act of seducing",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "zapeljevanje"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of seducing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "seducción"
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      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "pralōbhamu",
      "sense": "act of seducing",
      "word": "ప్రలోభము"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "act of seducing",
      "word": "sự quyến rũ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "act of seducing",
      "word": "sự dụ dỗ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "act of seducing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "act of seducing",
      "tags": [
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}

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