Seduction is the use of temptation and enticement, often sexual in nature, to attract or influence the behavior of another. Traditionally, the word implied leading someone astray, as when a man lured a woman into a sexual relationship. In contemporary usage, however, seduction is used more broadly as a synonym for the act of charming someone - male or female - by an appeal to the senses, olefactory or visual, for instance. The seducing agent may even be nonhuman, e.g., music or food.
Seduction is a popular motif in legend and literature. According to later interpretations, the biblical Eve was a classical seductress who enticed Adam to eat the forbidden fruit.
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