Allurement

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of alluring or attracting.
  • noun. That which allures; any real or apparent good held forth or operating as a motive to action; a temptation; an enticement: as, the allurements of pleasure or of honor.
  • noun. Attractiveness; fascination; charm.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act alluring; temptation; enticement.
  • noun. That which allures; any real or apparent good held forth, or operating, as a motive to action.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. attractiveness, allure or charisma
  • noun. an enticement, inducement or bait
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the power to entice or attract through personal charm
  • noun. attractiveness
  • noun. the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money)
  • Word Usage
    "The KKK focused most closely on dance halls and automobiles, both of which, the Imperial Wizard of the Klan warned, subjected weak-willed women to “seductive allurement.”"
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