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ENTICEMENT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of influencing by exciting hope or desire

Example:

his enticements were shameless

Synonyms:

enticement; temptation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("enticement" is a kind of...):

influence (causing something without any direct or apparent effort)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "enticement"):

blandishment; wheedling (the act of urging by means of teasing or flattery)

leading astray; leading off (the act of enticing others into sinful ways)

seduction (enticing someone astray from right behavior)

allurement; solicitation (the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money))

Derivation:

entice (provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward

Synonyms:

come-on; enticement; lure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("enticement" is a kind of...):

attraction; attractiveness (the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts)

Derivation:

entice (provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Something that seduces or has the quality to seduce

Synonyms:

enticement; temptation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("enticement" is a kind of...):

influence (a cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "enticement"):

forbidden fruit (originally an apple from the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden; it is now used to refer to anything that is tempting but dangerous (as sexuality))

bait; come-on; hook; lure; sweetener (anything that serves as an enticement)

allurement (attractiveness)

Derivation:

entice (provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion)

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