SEDUCEMENTS Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

seducements

noun

plural of seducement

as in inducements

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Noun

Only 25% of production houses supported by the FDC or tax incentives have returned for a second project, leaving 75% unable to build long-term capacity.

— Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 11 July 2026
While the threshold sparked debate, the decree offers financial incentives for parties to merge by discounting registration fees for coalitions and alliances.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 10 July 2026

Definition of incentives

Noun

As for the top cities, tried-and-true reign supreme with phenomenal attractions, superlative hotels, and electric dining scenes.

— Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026
Under her and her husband Patrick’s ownership, the park added attractions such as the Scrambler and Tilt-a-Whirl, along with laser tag and a roller skating rink.

— Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026

Definition of attractions

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By integrating smart shades into the components of major smart home ecosystems (those supporting Matter, Thread, Zigbee, or Z-Wave specifically), these systems can react to real-time stimuli.

— K.H. Koehler, USA Today, 30 June 2026
When your dopamine levels, the chemical baseline responsible for motivation and pursuit, are naturally low, your brain searches for quick stimuli to wake itself up.

— Luciana Paulise, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026

Definition of stimuli

Noun

Martin said the order shows how strongly the judge prefers a deal over years more of litigation — and potential appeals.

— Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026
Much of what couples experience as conflict is, on closer inspection, a disagreement about which interpretation of an ambiguous event is the correct one, and that disagreement is rarely settled by appeals to trust.

— Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of appeals

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So, who was it from our universe that would be most susceptible to that kind of messaging, or who would find the seductions of the power offered by that the most compelling?

— Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 3 Mar. 2026
But the seductions of ChatGPT are hard to resist, and Marsicano noted that the college has seen an increase in code violations due to AI.

— Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026

Definition of seductions

Noun

Taking the time away and working on other projects, working with other people — in my case doing some like film scoring and things like that — felt like a complete reset of those creative impulses.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2026
The threat of losing his mind to the most violent impulses of his human form, like his friend Henry Thorpe did, continues to hang over Sugar.

— Andy Andersen, Vulture, 10 July 2026

Definition of impulses

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All through the park, competitors and onlookers hit vapes and shout tips and encouragements into trees.

— Calin Van Paris, Outside, 19 Mar. 2026
In October 2024 ahead of her own stay at MSG, Billie Eilish recorded encouragements to take the subways for environmental benefits.

— Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2025

Definition of encouragements

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