Definition of seductionnext
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 The actor’s outfit was adapted from Ackermann’s Fall-Winter 2026 ready-to-wear collection, which ruminated on the language of desire and seduction, and the magnetism of opposites. — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026 In these photographs, the maternal body enters spaces designed around seduction, aspiration, and idealized femininity without renouncing any of them. — Alessia Glaviano, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2026 The running theme of Dennis’ possible sociopathy is one of the show’s deepest wells of comedy, and his conversation here with Mac about his plans for at-sea seduction dived down into the depths. — Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 28 July 2026 Wallen specializes in whiskey-drunk seductions to skeptical girls who can’t resist his charms. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for seduction
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Noun
  • Not to mention the agonizing months of watching the new hair grow in, every day fighting the temptation to go back to blonde or brunette.
    — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 25 Sep. 2026
  • There is still one temptation Remm is still trying to resist.
    — Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Everybody knows already, one hopes, not to trust the lure of quick cash, especially as it is depicted on TV.
    — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The entire roll call of avant-garde movements—from Futurism, Dadaism, and Surrealism in the first part of the twentieth century to Situationism, Happenings, and Fluxus in the second—submitted to the lure of aleatory forces.
    — Artforum, Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026

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“Seduction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seduction. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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