Seduce
verb
To attract or lead someone into doing something by promising pleasure or gain.
He seduced her with his charming personality.
Often appears as...
- seduced by wealth
- seduced into crime
verb
To persuade someone to have sex, especially by using a deceptive or manipulative approach.
He was accused of seducing his secretary.
Often appears as...
- seduce a woman
- seduce a man
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To attract or lead someone into doing something by promising pleasure or gain.
He seduced her with his charming personality.
Often appears as...
- seduced by wealth
- seduced into crime
verb
To persuade someone to have sex, especially by using a deceptive or manipulative approach.
He was accused of seducing his secretary.
Often appears as...
- seduce a woman
- seduce a man
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Subtle Persuasion
Seduce can imply a gradual and clever process of persuading someone to do something they might not otherwise do.
The advertisement seduced customers with the promise of a luxurious lifestyle.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Sexual
Although often used in a romantic context, seduce can also refer to being enticed by things like power, money, or opportunities.
She was seduced by the allure of working abroad.
Pro Tip 3/3Neutral or Negative
The term can be neutral when suggesting charm or negative when implying deceit or manipulation.
The city's vibrant culture seduced him, despite its reputation.
Compare with
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Elon Musk: The future...
I guess the big concern of yours is that people may actually get seduced too early to think that this is safe, and that you'll have some horrible incident happen that puts things back. Well, I think that the autonomy system is likely to at least mitigate the crash, except in rare circumstances. The thing to appreciate about vehicle safety
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The psychology of evil PIPE...
which privileged people like to think is fixed and impermeable, with them on the good side, the others on the bad side -- I knew that line was movable, and it was permeable. Good people could be seduced across that line, and under good and some rare circumstances, bad kids could recover with help, with reform, with rehabilitation.
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Nathan Myhrvold: Cut...
explain some fact. And the hope was two-fold. One is you can actually explain what happens when you steam broccoli. But the other thing is that maybe we could seduce people into stuff that was a little more technical, maybe a little bit more scientific, maybe a little bit more chef-y than they otherwise would have.
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Why should you read...
"Crime and Punishment" was conceived and completed the following year, picking up on many of the same themes. In many ways, the novel follows a common narrative thread where a promising youth is seduced and corrupted by the dangers of urban life.
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The myth of Icarus and...
to fall in love with the king's prized bull. Under this spell, she asked Daedalus to help her seduce it. With characteristic audacity, he agreed. Daedalus constructed a hollow wooden cow so realistic that it fooled the bull.
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Japan Geishas PIPE National...
streets before disappearing behind closed doors are they high-priced courtesans mistresses of seduction or something more elusive whatever a Geisha is it's more than a role it's an all-encompassing way of life though it's
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The original ring of...
and, inside the palace, used the ring to prowl undetected. He seduced the queen and convinced her to betray her husband. And soon Gyges, once a humble shepherd, had murdered the monarch and claimed the kingdom.
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Watch two TED Talks at...
of illusion to shift the course of fate after a storm in the tempest catspaw were magic seduction and deceit drive to aliens who threatened the enterprise
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Nature's Greatest...
with his fan unfurled he begins an ever more complicated series of dance moves to try and seduce her at last she succumbs to his advances and
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The Life Story...
with his fan unfurled he begins an ever more complicated series of dance moves to try and seduce her at last she succumbs to his advances and
Video examples
Elon Musk: The future...
I guess the big concern of yours is that people may actually get seduced too early to think that this is safe, and that you'll have some horrible incident happen that puts things back. Well, I think that the autonomy system is likely to at least mitigate the crash, except in rare circumstances. The thing to appreciate about vehicle safety
Video examples
The psychology of evil PIPE...
which privileged people like to think is fixed and impermeable, with them on the good side, the others on the bad side -- I knew that line was movable, and it was permeable. Good people could be seduced across that line, and under good and some rare circumstances, bad kids could recover with help, with reform, with rehabilitation.
Video examples
Nathan Myhrvold: Cut...
explain some fact. And the hope was two-fold. One is you can actually explain what happens when you steam broccoli. But the other thing is that maybe we could seduce people into stuff that was a little more technical, maybe a little bit more scientific, maybe a little bit more chef-y than they otherwise would have.
Video examples
Why should you read...
"Crime and Punishment" was conceived and completed the following year, picking up on many of the same themes. In many ways, the novel follows a common narrative thread where a promising youth is seduced and corrupted by the dangers of urban life.
Video examples
The myth of Icarus and...
to fall in love with the king's prized bull. Under this spell, she asked Daedalus to help her seduce it. With characteristic audacity, he agreed. Daedalus constructed a hollow wooden cow so realistic that it fooled the bull.
Video examples
Japan Geishas PIPE National...
streets before disappearing behind closed doors are they high-priced courtesans mistresses of seduction or something more elusive whatever a Geisha is it's more than a role it's an all-encompassing way of life though it's
Video examples
The original ring of...
and, inside the palace, used the ring to prowl undetected. He seduced the queen and convinced her to betray her husband. And soon Gyges, once a humble shepherd, had murdered the monarch and claimed the kingdom.
Video examples
Watch two TED Talks at...
of illusion to shift the course of fate after a storm in the tempest catspaw were magic seduction and deceit drive to aliens who threatened the enterprise
Video examples
Nature's Greatest...
with his fan unfurled he begins an ever more complicated series of dance moves to try and seduce her at last she succumbs to his advances and
Video examples
The Life Story...
with his fan unfurled he begins an ever more complicated series of dance moves to try and seduce her at last she succumbs to his advances and
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Quote examples
Karl Abraham
German Psychologist
Anyone who is interested in the psychology of children will have observed that whereas one child will resist temptation or seduction, another will easily yield to it. There are children who will hardly oppose any resistance to the invitation of an unknown person to follow him; others who react in an opposite way in the same circumstances.
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Marcel Wanders
Dutch Designer
There is always a reason behind things that are made, and if there isn't, there will be one when they travel through the world. The objects of beauty are used to impress, seduce, overwhelm, make money, support identities, and show power or style, among other things.
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John Perkins
Economist
This empire, unlike any other in the history of the world, has been built primarily through economic manipulation, through cheating, through fraud, through seducing people into our way of life, through the economic hit men. I was very much a part of that.
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Meg Rosoff
American Writer
Your writing voice is the deepest possible reflection of who you are. The job of your voice is not to seduce or flatter or make well-shaped sentences. In your voice, your readers should be able to hear the contents of your mind, your heart, your soul.
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Jean-Pierre Leaud
French Actor
The strongest moments in my life are when I'm filming. It's an adventure. As an actor I try to seduce someone, try to share something. The rest of my time is spent exploring experiences with women.
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Howard Barker
British Playwright
We are suffocated by writers who want to enlighten us with their truths. For me, the theatre is beautiful because it is a secret, and secrets seduce us, we all want to share secrets.
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Robert Powell
British Actor
Part of my job is to try and seduce people. It's what I get paid for, and if people get in the way of me doing my job I can be very difficult.
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Louie Schwartzberg
American Director
Beauty and seduction, I believe, is nature's tool for survival, because we will protect what we fall in love with.
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Jim Sarbh
Indian Actor
An interesting life could always use a little seduction, confidence, ambition, and danger.
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Pablo Picasso
Spanish Painter
It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.
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Karl Abraham
German Psychologist
Anyone who is interested in the psychology of children will have observed that whereas one child will resist temptation or seduction, another will easily yield to it. There are children who will hardly oppose any resistance to the invitation of an unknown person to follow him; others who react in an opposite way in the same circumstances.
Quote examples
Marcel Wanders
Dutch Designer
There is always a reason behind things that are made, and if there isn't, there will be one when they travel through the world. The objects of beauty are used to impress, seduce, overwhelm, make money, support identities, and show power or style, among other things.
Quote examples
John Perkins
Economist
This empire, unlike any other in the history of the world, has been built primarily through economic manipulation, through cheating, through fraud, through seducing people into our way of life, through the economic hit men. I was very much a part of that.
Quote examples
Meg Rosoff
American Writer
Your writing voice is the deepest possible reflection of who you are. The job of your voice is not to seduce or flatter or make well-shaped sentences. In your voice, your readers should be able to hear the contents of your mind, your heart, your soul.
Quote examples
Jean-Pierre Leaud
French Actor
The strongest moments in my life are when I'm filming. It's an adventure. As an actor I try to seduce someone, try to share something. The rest of my time is spent exploring experiences with women.
Quote examples
Howard Barker
British Playwright
We are suffocated by writers who want to enlighten us with their truths. For me, the theatre is beautiful because it is a secret, and secrets seduce us, we all want to share secrets.
Quote examples
Robert Powell
British Actor
Part of my job is to try and seduce people. It's what I get paid for, and if people get in the way of me doing my job I can be very difficult.
Quote examples
Louie Schwartzberg
American Director
Beauty and seduction, I believe, is nature's tool for survival, because we will protect what we fall in love with.
Quote examples
Jim Sarbh
Indian Actor
An interesting life could always use a little seduction, confidence, ambition, and danger.
Quote examples
Pablo Picasso
Spanish Painter
It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.
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