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sadistic
Variant of sadism
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
Related Forms:
- sadist noun
- sadistic adjective
- sadistically adverb
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