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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Any time traveler will recognize this as an unethical seduction tactic.
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Rachel Handler, Vulture, 15 Mar. 2024
Whole disciplines are dedicated to revealing the subterranean ideology that pervades frothy rom-coms and motor-mad action-adventures: the patriarchal designs in an end reel clinch, the unholy seduction of the internal combustion engine.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Aug. 2024
Charm oscillates on a spectrum of seduction and deception, and attacks always attempt to prove deception.
—Julia Sonnevend, TIME, 8 Aug. 2024
Because what are movies, after all, but a means of seduction?
—David Gilbert, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2024
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Rachel Handler, Vulture, 15 Mar. 2024
Whole disciplines are dedicated to revealing the subterranean ideology that pervades frothy rom-coms and motor-mad action-adventures: the patriarchal designs in an end reel clinch, the unholy seduction of the internal combustion engine.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Aug. 2024
Charm oscillates on a spectrum of seduction and deception, and attacks always attempt to prove deception.
—Julia Sonnevend, TIME, 8 Aug. 2024
Because what are movies, after all, but a means of seduction?
—David Gilbert, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2024
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“Seduction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seduction. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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