seduction

See also: séduction

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French séduction, from Latin seductio, from sēdūcō.

Pronunciation

(UK, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sɪˈdʌk.ʃn̩/
(US, General American) IPA^(key): /sɪˈdʌk.ʃn̩/

Noun

seduction (countable and uncountable, plural seductions)

The act of seducing.
Seduction is the fine art of manipulating people based on physical attraction and desire.
(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.

Derived terms

Related terms

seduce

Translations

act of seducing

Armenian: գայթակղում (hy) (gaytʿakłum), գայթակղություն (hy) (gaytʿakłutʿyun)
Catalan: seducció f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 誘惑 (zh), 诱惑 (zh) (yòuhuò)
Czech: svádění n
Dutch: verleiding (nl)
Finnish: houkuttelu (fi), viettely (fi)
French: séduction (fr) f
German: Verführung (de) f
Gothic: 𐌿𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 f (uswandeins)
Greek: αποπλάνηση (el) f (apoplánisi), ξελόγιασμα (el) n (xelógiasma)

Japanese: 誘惑 (ja) (ゆうわく, yūwaku)
Korean: 유혹 (ko) (yuhok)
Malay: penggodaan
Maori: hīangatanga
Polish: uwodzenie (pl) n
Portuguese: sedução (pt) f
Russian: обольще́ние (ru) n (obolʹščénije), совраще́ние (ru) n (sovraščénije), собла́зн (ru) m (soblázn) (temptation)
Spanish: seducción (es) f
Telugu: ప్రలోభము (te) (pralōbhamu)
Vietnamese: sự quyến rũ (vi), sự dụ dỗ (vi)

Anagrams

eductions, suctioned

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