temptation
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Religious usage
- Non-religious usage
- Measuring temptation
- Expressions of temptation
- The effects of temptation
- Resisting temptation
- See also
- Further reading
- References
thumb|300px|Eve Tempted by the Serpent by William Blake, 1799-1800 (painted) thumb|right|220px|Temptation, by William-Adolphe Bouguereau.
Temptation is a desire to engage in short-term urges for enjoyment that threatens long-term goals. In the context of some religions, temptation is the inclination to sin. Temptation also describes the coaxing or inducing a person into committing such an act, by manipulation or otherwise of curiosity, desire or fear of loss something important to a person.
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