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seductivity

seductivity noun: the quality of being seductive.

Noun

seductivity (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being seductive.
    • Verily we thank our stars we were not born in days of such multiform distraction, when the only possible escape from temptation lies in its seductivity and abundance.1865 November 4, Uncle John, “Children’s Books”, in The Leeds Intelligencer, volume CXII, number 5893, page 6
    • So with this proclivity in man, and with Satan’s infinite variety of falsehood, and the sparkling seductivity of its attractions, it is not past credibility, that he should have kept up a six thousand years warfare against the God of Truth!1883, B. U. Watkins, “One Chapter in Theodicy--The Origin of Evil”, in E. W. Herndon, editor, The Christian Quarterly Review, volume II, Columbia, Boone County, Mo., page 514
    Synonyms:
    seductiveness

Examples of seductivity in a sentence

  • “I don’t think anything has the seductivity of the dyes,” [William] Eggleston is quoted here.2010 May 14, Lauren Viera, “Eggleston’s America: Dyed, heavenly”, in Chicago Tribune, 163rd year, number 134, section 5, page 16:
  • Played with ingratiating seductivity by Licia James Zegar, Lee is the distaff “Man Who Came to Dinner” and never left.2011 August 24, Steve Parks, “Allergies should be his wife’s biggest problem”, in Newsday, volume 71, number 355, page B5:

Synonyms of seductivity

Origin of seductivity

From seductive + -ity.

Questions about seductivity

What does seductivity mean?
Seductivity means the quality of being seductive.
How do you use seductivity in a sentence?
“I don’t think anything has the seductivity of the dyes,” [William] Eggleston is quoted here.
What part of speech is seductivity?
Seductivity is a noun.

Words near seductivity in the dictionary

  1. seductionists
  2. seductions
  3. seductive
  4. seductively
  5. seductiveness
  6. seductivity
  7. seductor
  8. seductors
  9. seductour
  10. seductours
  11. seductress

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