romantic ploy
Wooing manipulation scheme
A romantic ploy is a calculated move designed to win someone's affection or advance a romantic agenda—sending flowers to make up after a fight, feigning interest in someone's hobby, engineering a "chance" encounter.
The term carries a note of skepticism about the schemer's sincerity: His sudden attentiveness was just a romantic ploy to get back together.
- schemeCalculated strategy, often secretive
- seductionEnticing someone romantically
- ruseDeliberate act of deception
- flirtationPlayful romantic attention
- wooingRomantic pursuit of another
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