sadism

sadism Definition

sad·ism (sā′diz′əm, sad′iz′əm)

noun

the getting of sexual pleasure from dominating, mistreating, or hurting one's partner
the getting of pleasure from inflicting physical or psychological pain on another or others

Etymology: Fr, after Marquis de Sade

sadism Related Forms

sad′·ist noun sa·dis·tic (sə dis′tik) adjective sa·dis′·ti·cally adverb

sadism Synonyms

perversion, cruelty, malice, sexual abnormality, sexual aberration, psychopathia sexualis (Latin), masochism, sadomasochism.

sadism Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

such: We have confronted the authorities and people of Spanish towns who perpetrate such sadism.
own: I would have the same prejudice toward anyone who wishes to indulge their own sadism.

sadism Quotes

One long act of sadism.

—Le Carre¤ ,John pseudonym of David John Moore Cornwell

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