seduction

plural seductions

1. countableuncountableThe act of seducing.

   Seduction is the fine art of manipulating people based on physical attraction and desire. Step 1: Be attractive. Step 2: Don't be unattractive.

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   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. Jen: Oh, no, no, no, no, no, not at all. Douglas: All right. Jen: No, physically you're just not the sort of man I go for. Douglas: Yeah, thanks, Jen. Jen: I go for the classically good-looking men: Blond, broad, and generally clean shaven. Douglas: Alright, yeah, enough of the jibber-jabber!

   2007 September 28, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 2, Episode 6

2. countabledateduncountablelawThe felony of, as a man, inducing a previously chaste unmarried female to engage in sexual intercourse on a promise of marriage.
3. countableplural normallyuncountableA seductive aspect of something; appeal.

   It is with no small degree of irony that I confess that immersing myself in an interdisciplinary project has warmed me to the seductions of disciplinary perspectives.

   2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page xi

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   Further, almost in passing, it shows some of the dangerous seductions of AI such as a disabled man who can suddenly walk or a tech billionaire who becomes more productive thanks to a chip in his brain.

   2025 June 25, Mick LaSalle, “Review: ‘M3GAN 2.0’ is clever about AI, but its tired plot wastes a smart premise”, in San Francisco Chronicle, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2026