seductive
adjective
se·duc·tive
si-ˈdək-tiv 
: tending to seduce : having alluring or tempting qualities
… a seductive, sometimes disingenuous man …—
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seductively
adverb
seductiveness
noun
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the seductive power of advertising
people always remarked on the cult leader's seductive personality
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Von Diaz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 Dec. 2025
More rapt, more heartbroken, more rattled by the harrowing questions presented by the long, slow, terribly seductive suicide humanity seems bent on carrying out via technology.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025
While a painter envies the novelist’s ability to inhabit consciousness, or a filmmaker envies the freedom from production costs, artists must be warned that writing carries its own myths and seductive fallacies.
—Literary Hub, 8 Dec. 2025
Which is why the Musk thesis feels seductive to parts of the right and to tech centrists.
—Newsweek Editors, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
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“Seductive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seductive. Accessed 18 Dec. 2025.
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seductive
adjective
se·duc·tive
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seductively
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seductiveness
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