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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Recent Examples of seduction
Francis Fox, pedophile, is a smug, deceitful middle school English teacher, practiced in the art of seduction and the rewards and punishment psychology of B.F. Skinner.
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Heather Scott Partington, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2025
Meanwhile, new technologies continue to flood in, each offering the seduction of speed.
—Siddhartha Mukherjee, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
Viewers eager for strategy and a touch of seduction will find everything waiting when Scandal lands back on Netflix on June 17.
—Tahar Rajab, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
Especially in the language, there’s a lot of seduction in the lyrics.
—Vita Dadoo, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2025
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Heather Scott Partington, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2025
Meanwhile, new technologies continue to flood in, each offering the seduction of speed.
—Siddhartha Mukherjee, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
Viewers eager for strategy and a touch of seduction will find everything waiting when Scandal lands back on Netflix on June 17.
—Tahar Rajab, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
Especially in the language, there’s a lot of seduction in the lyrics.
—Vita Dadoo, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seduction
Noun
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The United States economy is vastly different from ancient Rome’s, with one important exception: there remains today the same temptation to finance public promises with money created out of thin air.—
Dave Birnbaum,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
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Cancellara’s allusion to Van Aert showcases the temptation to include other riders.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
3 July 2025
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Hefty incentives packages from the city and the state were also a strong lure.—
Kate Marijolovic,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 July 2025
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In Los Angeles, the boom translated to an influx of new workers who had moved west, seduced by the lure of movies as much as the location’s oil fields and automobile manufacturers, and the city saw its population double between 1920 and 1925.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 June 2025
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“Seduction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seduction. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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