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The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.
Paul Cezanne

Meaning of "seductive" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SEDUCTIVE

seductive  [sɪˈdʌktɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SEDUCTIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Seductive is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SEDUCTIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

seductive

Seduction

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 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 around pseudoscientific 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".

Definition of seductive in the English dictionary

The definition of seductive in the dictionary is tending to seduce or capable of seducing; enticing; alluring.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SEDUCTIVE


adductive
əˈdʌktɪv
conductive
kənˈdʌktɪv
counterproductive
ˌkaʊntəprəˈdʌktɪv
deductive
dɪˈdʌktɪv
eductive
ɪˈdʌktɪv
hypothetico-deductive
ˌhaɪpəˈθɛtɪkəʊdɪˈdʌktɪv
inductive
ɪnˈdʌktɪv
introductive
ˌɪntrəˈdʌktɪv
nonconductive
ˌnɒnkənˈdʌktɪv
nondeductive
ˌnɒndɪˈdʌktɪv
noninductive
ˌnɒnɪnˈdʌktɪv
nonproductive
ˌnɒnprəˈdʌktɪv
nonreproductive
ˌnɒnˌriːprəˈdʌktɪv
photoinductive
ˌfəʊtəʊɪnˈdʌktɪv
productive
prəˈdʌktɪv
reductive
rɪˈdʌktɪv
reproductive
ˌriːprəˈdʌktɪv
self-inductive
ˌsɛlfɪnˈdʌktɪv
superconductive
ˌsuːpəkənˈdʌktɪv
unproductive
ˌʌnprəˈdʌktɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SEDUCTIVE

seditiously
seditiousness
Sedna
seduce
seduceable
seducement
seducer
seducible
seducingly
seducive
seduction
seductively
seductiveness
seductor
seductress
sedulity
sedulous
sedulously
sedulousness
sedum

WORDS THAT END LIKE SEDUCTIVE

active
addictive
alternative
attractive
collective
constrictive
cost-effective
defective
destructive
detective
directive
distinctive
effective
interactive
objective
perspective
prospective
protective
respective
selective
subjective

Synonyms and antonyms of seductive in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SEDUCTIVE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «seductive» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of seductive

Translation of «seductive» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SEDUCTIVE

Find out the translation of seductive to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of seductive from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «seductive» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

诱人的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

seductor
570 millions of speakers

English

seductive
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मोहक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مغر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

соблазнительной
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sedutor
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রলোভনসঙ্কুল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

séduisant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menggoda
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verlockend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

魅惑的な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

유혹적인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Seductive
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

quyến rũ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கவர்ச்சிமிக்க
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मोहक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

baştan çıkarıcı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

seducente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

uwodzicielski
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

спокусливою
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

seducător
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σαγηνευτικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verleidelike
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bestick
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forførende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of seductive

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SEDUCTIVE»

The term «seductive» is very widely used and occupies the 17.601 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SEDUCTIVE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about seductive

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10 QUOTES WITH «SEDUCTIVE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word seductive.
1
Azzedine Alaia
I think women should be seductive, not triste. There's enough sadness in life now without making women look sad, too.
2
Jillian Bach
TV is so seductive with a great workday. You're going to work and making people laugh, and that's fantastic.
3
Anita Baker
Oh my goodness, they are rocking so many variations of my high-top fade. I mean, Rihanna has taken it to a very angular 21st Century thing. Miss Fantasia has it in a very seductive, you know, up-flip, and it's just lovely, right? Oh, I think it's wonderful.
4
George Ball
Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
5
Kathryn Bigelow
I think violence in a cinematic context can be, if handled in a certain way, very seductive.
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Marco Brambilla
For me, a lot of my work has dealt with what it means to be at the center of the universe and how alienating and kind of seductive it is. A lot of my work is very aggressive and very visual, but at the same time, it has a lot of tension in it and makes you kind of uncomfortable sometimes.
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Paul Cezanne
The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.
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Glenn Close
Ismail Merchant was just the most seductive, passionate, outrageous, driven, genius of a man.
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Tabatha Coffey
The hottest look for a night out is a deep side part. If that part is not at least three inches in length, then start over. The wider the part, the more open your eyes appear. It is an alluring and seductive look that will keep your date's attention the entire night.
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Michael Eric Dyson
Hip hop scholarship must strive to reflect the form it interrogates, offering the same features as the best hip hop: seductive rhythms, throbbing beats, intelligent lyrics, soulful samples, and a sense of joy that is never exhausted in one sitting.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEDUCTIVE»

Discover the use of seductive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to seductive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Seductive Interaction Design: Creating Playful, Fun, and ...
In Seductive Interaction Design, speaker and author Stephen P. Anderson takes a fresh approach to designing sites and interactions based on the stages of seduction. This beautifully designed book examines what motivates people to act.
Stephen P. Anderson, 2011
2
How to be seductive: A woman's guide to being incredibly sexy
How to be seductive is an indispensable guide to discovering your sexy side and making the most of the dating game.
Infinite Ideas, 2011
3
Seductive Poison: A Jonestown Survivor's Story of Life and ...
In this very personal account, Layton opens up the shadowy world of cults and shows how anyone can fall under their spell. Seductive Poison is both an unflinching historical document and a riveting story of intrigue, power, and murder.
Deborah Layton, 2010
4
Three Seductive Ideas
This book, the product of a lifetime of research by one of the founders of developmental psychology, takes on the powerful assumptions behind these questions--and proves them mistaken.
Jerome Kagan, 2009
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L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America's Most ...
" From the Hardcover edition.
John Buntin, 2009
6
King of Bollywood: Shah Rukh Khan and the Seductive World of ...
Here is the astonishing true story of Bollywood, a sweeping portrait about a country finding its identity, a movie industry that changed the face of India, and one man's struggle to become a star.
Anupama Chopra, 2007
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Seductive Forms: Women's Amatory Fiction from 1684 to 1740
Historicist and feminist accounts of the `rise of the novel' have neglected the phenomenon of the professional woman writer in England prior to the advent of the sentimental novel in the 1740s.
Ros Ballaster, Rosalind Ballaster, 1998
8
Brainwashed: The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience
As renowned psychiatrist and scholar Sally Satel and psychologist Scott O. Lilienfeld demonstrate in Brainwashed, however, the explanatory power of brain scans in particular and neuroscience more generally has been vastly overestimated.
Sally Satel, Scott O. Lilienfeld, 2013
9
A Seductive Kiss
Close friends Dianna Harrington, an internationally known spokesmodel for her family's fashion empire, and Alex Stewart, a successful New York lawyer, must decide whether or not to take their relationship to the next level. Original.
Francis Ray, 2012
10
Seductive Journey: American Tourists in France from ...
Traces the course of Americans' travels in France; their attitudes towards French food, sex, and culture; and the changing relationship of tourism and economic class
Harvey Levenstein, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SEDUCTIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term seductive is used in the context of the following news items.
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Kendall Jenner strikes an extremely seductive pose after dressing …
But incase anyone needed reminding, the brunette beauty struck any extremely seductive pose on Monday. Check out those smoldering eyes! «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
Jessica Lange on Acting: "It Is So Seductive. It's Like a Love Affair"
Jessica Lange on Acting: "It Is So Seductive. It's Like a Love .... I think maybe there is an expiration date, but the thing about acting is, it is so seductive. It's like a ... «Hollywood Reporter, Jun 15»
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The Dream review: Minor slip-ups break spell in seductive
The program begins with Monotones II (1965), a work that demonstrates that simple movement sequences can be seductive. As with the second work in the ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jun 15»
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Seductive retail, junk food unintended addictions
Once inside, the seductive sirens of retail start working their magic. You're taken in by just the right amount of service — instantly available but not pushy — the ... «Charleston Post Courier, May 15»
5
How Islamic State crafts a seductive image to lure a reality TV …
A carefully crafted spectacle, powerfully seductive, and seemingly attainable – this is Islamic State reduced to the level of reality TV, and the reason seemingly ... «The Age, Mar 15»
6
Giove in Argo review – seductive rare revival of Handel's recycled …
There are outstanding performances from Angela Simkin's traumatised Iside, Peter Aisher's seductive yet predatory Giove and Nicholas Morton's Osiri, who ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
7
Cashmere Cat spins a seductive, sophisticated web at Paradise
to isolate its aching refrain into a seductive plea, until the lyrics (“Do you like drugs?”) demanded the audience to sing along in affirmation, at which point they ... «Boston Globe, Mar 15»
8
Five seductive wines for Valentine's Day
It's easy to suggest that a Valentine's Day gift should come from the heart. But it should also come from the head. As February 14 approaches, wine shops tend to ... «Toronto Sun, Feb 15»
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Four stars for model Roz Purchell's 'seductive' menu on The …
"It is really utterly seductive and gorgeous, and theatrical without being over the top," he said. "Well it is over the top. I don't care if it's over the top, it's fabulous. «Irish Independent, Feb 15»
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Valentine Recipe: Butternut Squash Ravioli with Seductive Sage …
Butternut Squash Ravioli with Seductive Sage-Marsala Brown Butter. Makes 48. Note: This recipe makes enough for a dinner party, but it can be divided easily. «San Jose Mercury News, Feb 15»

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