Meaning of ALLUREMENT
| Pronunciation: | | u'lûrmunt
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- [n] the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money)
- [n] the power to entice or attract through personal charm
- [n] attractiveness; "its allure was its remoteness"
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| | Synonyms: | | allure, solicitation, temptingness |
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| | See Also: | | attraction, attractiveness, enticement, enticement, invitation, temptation, temptation | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Al*lure"ment\, n.
1. The act alluring; temptation; enticement.
Though Adam by his wife's allurement fell. --Milton.
2. That which allures; any real or apparent good held forth,
or operating, as a motive to action; as, the allurements
of pleasure, or of honor.
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| | Related Terms: | | adduction, adorability, affinity, agreeability, amiability, appeal, attractance, attraction, attractiveness, attractivity, bait, blandishment, cajolement, cajolery, call, capillarity, capillary attraction, centripetal force, charm, coaxing, come-on, conning, decoy, desirability, drag, draw, drawing power, engagement, enlistment, enticement, exhortation, gravitation, gravity, hortation, inducement, inveiglement, jawboning, likability, lobbying, lovability, loveliness, lovesomeness, lure, magnetism, mutual attraction, persuasion, preaching, preachment, pull, pulling power, sales talk, salesmanship, seducement, seduction, selling, snare, snow job, soft soap, solicitation, suasion, sweet talk, sweetness, sympathy, temptation, traction, trap, tug, wheedling, winning ways, winsomeness, working on |
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