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seducible

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se·duce  (s-ds, -dys)
tr.v. se·duced, se·duc·ing, se·duc·es
1. To lead away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct. See Synonyms at lure.
2. To induce to engage in sex.
3.
a. To entice or beguile into a desired state or position.
b. To win over; attract.
[Middle English seduisen, from Old French seduire, seduis-, alteration (influenced by Medieval Latin sdcere, to lead astray) of suduire, to seduce, from Latin subdcere, to withdraw : sub-, sub- + dcere, to lead; see deuk- in Indo-European roots.]
se·ducea·ble, se·duci·ble adj.
se·ducer n.
Translations
seducible
adj → verführbar
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With expanded individual freedom and political autonomy in the 1780s and '90s had come the concern that the education and critical thinking of newly empowered citizens might prove inadequate to the task of thoughtful self-determination: that these new citizens would be easily seducible, or as John Adams famously put it, that "Democracy is Lovelace and the people are Clarissa" (qtd.
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