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The seductiveness of war derives in part from its location on this boundary of the human, the inhuman, and the superhuman. It requires us to confront the relationship among the noble, the horrible, and the infinite; the animal, the spiritual, and the divine.
Drew Gilpin Faust

Meaning of "seductiveness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SEDUCTIVENESS

seductiveness  [sɪˈdʌktɪvnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SEDUCTIVENESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Seductiveness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SEDUCTIVENESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of seductiveness in the English dictionary

The definition of seductiveness in the dictionary is the quality of being attractive and tempting. Other definition of seductiveness is sexual attraction.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SEDUCTIVENESS


assertiveness
əˈsɜːtɪvnɪs
attentiveness
əˈtɛntɪvnɪs
attractiveness
əˈtræktɪvnɪs
competitiveness
kəmˈpɛtɪtɪvnɪs
cost-effectiveness
ˌkɒstɪˈfɛktɪvnɪs
destructiveness
dɪˈstrʌktɪvnɪs
distinctiveness
dɪˈstɪŋktɪvnɪs
effectiveness
ɪˈfɛktɪvnɪs
ineffectiveness
ˌɪnɪˈfɛktɪvnɪs
inquisitiveness
ɪnˈkwɪzɪtɪvnɪs
introspectiveness
ˌɪntrəʊˈspɛktɪvnɪs
inventiveness
ɪnˈvɛntɪvnɪs
obstructiveness
əbˈstrʌktɪvnɪs
protectiveness
prəˈtɛktɪvnɪs
reactiveness
rɪˈæktɪvnɪs
receptiveness
rɪˈseptɪvnɪs
reflectiveness
rɪˈflɛktɪvnɪs
repetitiveness
rɪˈpetɪtɪvnɪs
unattractiveness
ˌʌnəˈtræktɪvnɪs
vindictiveness
vɪnˈdɪktɪvnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SEDUCTIVENESS

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE SEDUCTIVENESS

activeness
adhesiveness
aggressiveness
appropriateness
awareness
awesomeness
brand awareness
business
closeness
completeness
cuteness
defensiveness
doneness
hoarseness
likeness
oneness
responsiveness
self-awareness
soreness
uniqueness
whiteness

Synonyms and antonyms of seductiveness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «seductiveness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SEDUCTIVENESS

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

Translator English - Chinese

诱惑
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

seducción
570 millions of speakers

English

seductiveness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

धोखा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الغواية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

соблазнительность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sedução
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মোহয়তা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

séduction
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Seductiveness
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Verführung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

誘惑
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

유혹이었다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Seductiveness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

quyến rũ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வட்டி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मोहकता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

seductiveness
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

seduzione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

seductiveness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

спокусливість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

seducătoare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γοητεία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

seductiveness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fÖRFÖRISKHET
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

seductiveness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of seductiveness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SEDUCTIVENESS»

The term «seductiveness» is regularly used and occupies the 90.949 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SEDUCTIVENESS» OVER TIME

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

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3 QUOTES WITH «SEDUCTIVENESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word seductiveness.
1
Joseph Altuzarra
A lot of my pieces are about easy seductiveness and accessibility in terms of showing skin.
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Drew Gilpin Faust
The seductiveness of war derives in part from its location on this boundary of the human, the inhuman, and the superhuman. It requires us to confront the relationship among the noble, the horrible, and the infinite; the animal, the spiritual, and the divine.
3
Jean Giraudoux
The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEDUCTIVENESS»

Discover the use of seductiveness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to seductiveness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Seductiveness of Jewish Myth: Challenge or Response?
The various chapters in this book not only define Judaism differently from one another, but define the seductiveness of myth differently. That diversity might leave this book a tissue of tensions and contradictions. The challenge for readers is to ...
S. Daniel Breslauer, 2012
2
Oedipus in the Trobriands
But that is not all. If the seductive parent is the mother, and if her seductiveness is brought about by the absence of the husband-father — in the Trobriands he is absent only at night, when, however, sleeping in one bed with the son, the ...
‎1993
3
111 Common Therapeutic Blunders
However, the very thing that had made her successful as an actress — her beauty and seductiveness — became a handicap to her as a therapist. Since she had never really come to grips with her seductiveness in her own therapy, she was ...
Gerald Schoenewolf, 2005
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Fighting Evil: Unsung Heroes in the Novels of Graham Greene
The seductiveness of evil people is hardly a problem for Greene's unsung heroes . Before the reader meets them, these heroes have learned to distinguish between right and wrong; they emerge in Greene's novels as persons who refuse to ...
Ḥayim Gordon, 1997
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Seductions of Place: Geographical Perspectives on ...
Broad in scope, this book is ideal for social scientists and humanists who are interested in contemporary debates about place studies, mobility, and the located realities of globalization.
Carolyn L. Cartier, Alan A. Lew, 2005
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Beyond Yahweh and Jesus: Bringing Death's Wisdom to Faith, ...
Here the triggering event would be his mother's incestuously tinged, sinful seductiveness toward him, which may have aroused his unconscious incestuous wishes toward her. The mother's unconscious seductiveness is encoded or implied in ...
Robert Langs, 2008
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Comprehensive Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
... (5) pathologic lying, and (6) a perplexing withdrawal when sexual seductiveness seemed close to achieving its goal. This description became widely accepted, and so did the view that a hysterical personality was largely oedipally fixated.
Salman Akhtar, 2009
8
Ethics and Security in Canadian Foreign Policy
Michael Ignatieff, "The Seductiveness of Moral Disgust" In an essay assessing the moral dimensions of humanitarian interventions, Michael Ignatieff refers to Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness to illustrate the tendency of some societies to  ...
Rosalind Irwin, 2002
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The Letter to the Hebrews
against the living God. But keep on exhorting each other day by day, so long as the term 'today' can be used, lest any among you be hardened in heart by the seductiveness of sin; for you have become participators in Christ, if indeed you hold ...
‎1957
10
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Pleasing Your Man
Seductiveness. of. Self-Confidence. Being generous with your flirting is one of the best relationship investments you will ever make. But let's face it: It's hard to make someone else feel good about himself when you're not feeling good about ...
Eve Salinger, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SEDUCTIVENESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term seductiveness is used in the context of the following news items.
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Five takes on Greece
The charm of easy solutions and the seductiveness of self-destruction carry the same danger — they blind us to reality so that we cannot understand our own ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
2
Chicago To Replace Famed Ferris Wheel With Taller One
But I think what it does tell us is that it's kind of an indication of George Ferris's original invention, of the power and the seductiveness of a Ferris wheel, that they ... «Alabama Public Radio, Jul 15»
3
The Seductiveness of Special Ops?
Taken together, then, it should not be a surprise that SOF have a seductive quality about them. But what SOF? The direct action tales of derring-do, such as the ... «War on the Rocks, Mar 15»
4
Cheyenne Jackson at Café Carlyle
The same absence of seductiveness infused his clean-cut rendition of “Besame Mucho.” Mr. Jackson seemed more emotionally engaged with contemporary ... «New York Times, Jan 15»
5
Volvo Blends Seductiveness with its Safety Message
The only surviving Swedish automaker isn't starving—its loyal, safety-minded regulars keep food on the table. But it's hungry for more sales, and it won't be ... «Automobile, Dec 14»
6
Ukip is 'seductive' for struggling families, admits Cameron but he …
Ukip has become 'quite seductive' to voters fed up with the coalition, David ... 'And that's given the seductiveness of the simple answer that Mr Farage suggests. «Daily Mail, Oct 14»
7
Violent Femme
To the millions of fans versed in Marvel mythology, this aloofness from her own seductiveness was explicable not as the trait of a traditional femme fatale but as a ... «The Nation., Aug 14»
8
Pixar President Shares Management Philosophy in Santa Monica
Indeed, his co-author Amy Wallace pointed out that the “seductiveness of clarity” can prevent individuals or organizations from “staying in the mess of not ... «The Lookout News, Aug 14»
9
Mimicking Supermodels, Christian Girls Posting Seductive Selfies
Sadly, we live in a culture that "trains" our minds to view seductiveness as the norm from a very young age. Just take a quick walk through the mall and you'll see ... «Charisma News, Jul 14»
10
Becoming Madame: The secret to French allure
French beauty is about optimising a woman's allure in an imperfect and seemingly effortless way. Embody French seductiveness with these top styling tips from ... «Expatica France, May 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Seductiveness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/seductiveness>. May 2024 ».
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