seductivity

English

Etymology

From seductive +‎ -ity.

Noun

seductivity (uncountable)

1. The quality of being seductive.
   • 1865 November 4, Uncle John, “Children’s Books”, in The Leeds Intelligencer, volume CXII, number 5893, page 6:

     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.

   • 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:

     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!

   • 1885 May 24, “The Tramp Abroad”, in The Minneapolis Sunday Tribune, volume XIX, number 13, page 9:

     “[…] Convert that telephone there into a medium of convenience and easy service instead of a servant of the devil, creating howling demoniacs throughout the city, and we will rise up and call you blessed,” saying which the victims withdrew and left the representative from Cleveland to his reflections, which somehow impressed him with the conviction that his circus was a give-away, and that the inductiveness of his induction hadn’t had the conductive seductivity he had fondly hoped.

   • 2010 May 14, Lauren Viera, “Eggleston’s America: Dyed, heavenly”, in Chicago Tribune, 163rd year, number 134, section 5, page 16:

     “I don’t think anything has the seductivity of the dyes,” [William] Eggleston is quoted here.

   • 2011 January 13, Phil Vettel, “Chef of the Year: Anthomy Martin”, in Chicago Tribune, 164th year, number 13, section 5, page 4:

     Precise herbed-lamb packets amid art nouveau swirls of asparagus noodles, a lacy tuile that adds a peekaboo seductivity to potato gnocchi — [Anthony] Martin’s presentations are bold and beautiful, yet his flavor pairings are almost maddeningly subtle, driving overanalytical foodies to despair.

   • 2011 August 24, Steve Parks, “Allergies should be his wife’s biggest problem”, in Newsday, volume 71, number 355, page B5:

     Played with ingratiating seductivity by Licia James Zegar, Lee is the distaff “Man Who Came to Dinner” and never left.

Synonyms

• seductiveness