Crossword clues for seduction
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Seduction \Se*duc*tion\, n. [L. seductio: cf. F. s['e]duction. See Seduce.]
The act of seducing; enticement to wrong doing; enticement to fail in some duty.
-
Specifically:
The offense of inducing a woman to consent to unlawful sexual intercourse, by enticements which overcome her scruples; the wrong or crime of persuading a woman to surrender her chastity. [Archaic]
Any successful enticement to engage in some sexual activity, especially intercourse.
That which seduces, or is adapted to seduce; means of leading astray; as, the seductions of wealth.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1520s, from Middle French séduction, from Latin seductionem (nominative seductio), noun of action from past participle stem of seducere (see seduce). Originally with reference to actions or beliefs; sexual sense is from 1769, originally always with women as the objects. Earlier appearance of the word in Middle English with a sense "treason, treachery" probably is a confusion with sedition, which confusion also is found in Old French seducion "treason, betrayal."
Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of seduce. 2 (context dated legal in English common law English) The felony of, as a man, inducing a previously chaste unmarried female to engage in sexual intercourse on a promise of marriage.
WordNet
n. enticing someone astray from right behavior
an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone [syn: conquest]
Wikipedia
Seduction is the process of deliberately enticing a person, to lead astray, as from duty, rectitude, or the like; to corrupt, to persuade or induce to engage in sexual behaviour. The word seduction stems from Latin and means literally "to lead astray". As a result, the term may have a positive or negative connotation. Famous seducers from history or legend include Lilith, Giacomo Casanova and the fictional character Don Juan. Seduction as a phenomenon is not the subject of scientific interest, although similar, more specific terms like short-term mating, casual sex or mating strategies are used in evolutionary psychology. The Internet enabled the existence of a seduction community which is based on discourse on seduction.
Seduction, seen negatively, involves temptation and enticement, often sexual in nature, to lead someone astray into a behavioral choice they would not have made if they were not in a state of sexual arousal. Seen positively, seduction is a synonym for the act of charming someone — male or female — by an appeal to the senses, often with the goal of reducing unfounded fears and leading to their "sexual emancipation" Some sides in contemporary academic debate state that the morality of seduction depends on the long-term impacts on the individuals concerned, rather than the act itself, and may not necessarily carry the negative connotations expressed in dictionary definitions.
Seduction was a U.S. female dance-pop, house and freestyle trio from New York assembled and produced by Robert Clivillés and David Cole (later of C+C Music Factory), consisting of members April Harris (born March 25, 1967), Michelle Visage (born September 20, 1968) and Idalis DeLeón (born June 15, 1965).
Seduction generally is the process of enticing a reluctant person to lead astray, as from duty, rectitude, or the like; to corrupt, to persuade or induce to engage in sexual behavior.
Seduction may also refer to:
The tort of seduction was a civil wrong or tort in common law legal systems, and still exists in some jurisdictions.
An unmarried woman could sue on the grounds of seduction to obtain damages from her seducer, if her consent to sex was based upon his misrepresentation.
Seduction is an album released in February 2009 featuring love songs by Frank Sinatra, from his own recording company, Reprise.
Seduction is the third album by jazz saxophonist Boney James, released in 1995.
"Seduction" is a single by UK grime artist Wiley, featuring vocals from British-singer songwriter Alexa Goddard. It is the first single released from his extended-play album, Chill Out Zone. It was released on 1 May 2011 as a Digital download.
La seduzione, internationally released as Seduction, is a 1973 Italian erotic- drama film directed by Fernando Di Leo. The film is based on the novel Graziella by Ercole Patti. Originally the character of Graziella was planned to be played by Ornella Muti, but she was eventually dropped because considered too attractive for the role. At the time of its release, the newspapers widely reported the news of a man who died of a heart attack watching the movie.
Seduction is a play by Jack Heifner. It is an all male, gay adaptation of La Ronde (or Reigen) by Arthur Schnitzler.
The encounters closely follow those of Schnitzler's play, with the following sequence:
- The Sex Worker and the Sailor
- The Sailor and the Gardner (the Parlor Maid, originally the third partner in La Ronde, has her day off)
- The Gardner and the Young Gentleman
- The Young Gentleman and the Professor
- The Professor and His Partner
- The Partner and the Dim-Witted Teen
- The Dim-Witted Teen and the Playwright
- The Playwright and the Actor
- The Actor and the Movie Producer
- The Movie Producer and the Sex Worker
Category:2004 plays Category:Gay (male) literature Category:LGBT-related plays Category:British plays
Seduction is a 2013 Filipino thriller drama film directed by Peque Gallaga, starring Richard Gutierrez, Solenn Heussaff, and Sarah Lahbati. The film was produced by Regal Films and to be released January 30, 2013.
Seduction is a 1981 Spanish drama film directed by Arturo Ripstein. It was entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival.
Seduction is the debut studio album by English gothic rock band the Danse Society. It was released in September 1982 on the band's own record label, Society. It included a cover of the Peter Ivers song " In Heaven" from the David Lynch film Eraserhead.
Seduction is the fifth studio album by Panamian singer-songwriter Flex. It was released on November 6, 2015 through Sony Music. The single Nadie Como Tú was peaked at 20 in Billboard Latin Pop Airplay. Currently, the artist is promoting his latest single "Immortal" and for March 2016 will release their official videoclip.
Usage examples of "seduction".
Meals at the bordello had been another way of trolling or were part of the seduction.
From the point of view of the Command, it mattered very little what the cyborg happened to think about it, and even less what the target of the seduction thought or felt.
They stood against the seductions of patronage in the hands of the President whom they had elected, and against the eloquent pleadings of the Secretary of State who for ten years before the war had been their sagacious guide, their profound philosopher, their trusted friend.
Therefore, unshaken in my preconceived opinion, I told her that I placed implicit confidence in all she had just said respecting the state of her heart previous to the playful nonsense which had been the origin of my love for her, and that I promised never in the future to allude again to my accusation of seduction.
The friendship and respect I bore her family made the idea of seduction out of the question, but as I grew more and more in love with her, and had no thoughts of marriage, I should have been puzzled to say at what end I was aiming, so I let myself glide along the stream without thinking where I was going.
In 1778 he acquired extraordinary eclat by the seduction of the Marchioness of Caermarthen, under circumstances which have few parallels in the licentiousness of fashionable life.
Le Petit Matelot,--the first of those shops which have since been established in Paris with more or less of painted signs, floating banners, show-cases filled with swinging shawls, cravats arranged like houses of cards, and a thousand other commercial seductions, such as fixed prices, fillets of suspended objects, placards, illusions and optical effects carried to such a degree of perfection that a shop-front has now become a commercial poem.
If he were wise, he would seriously attempt the seduction Payn had counseled.
Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested Kathy Bowen on the charge of attempted murder, and their case was augmented by the testimony of another Powie who told a tale of seduction and intrigue that she never knew would end in death.
Since Reyn believed Agatha had followed his orders and annulled the marriage, she knew it would be best if she chose a topic far from wedlock and seduction.
He would much prefer to not have to spell it out, this seduction, if she was too dense to realize he was seducing her.
The stitch in her side did not bother her half as much as the disappointment of finding her dark seductor in the middle of another seduction, and with Thalia, of all people.
After all, Stian was more wild than tame, perhaps he would not recognize any efforts at gentle seduction.
There on the lawn, the eve before uncovering the precise, testable tape that will change the way life conceives itself, he feels the first seduction of music, his own pitiful compulsion for forward motion, the insistence that we sing ourselves over into a further place.
Mink sought control and totalizing power over death through his work on Dylar, just as Murray seeks power and control in his seductions of his students and friends.