sadism

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /seɪdɪzəm/

Noun

sadism

1. (chiefly, psychiatry) The enjoyment of inflicting pain or humiliation without pity.
2. Achievement of sexual gratification by inflicting pain or humiliation on others, or watching pain or humiliation inflicted on others.
3. (in general) Deliberate cruelty, either mental or physical, to other people, or to animals, regardless of whether for (sexual) gratification.

Related terms

• sadist
• sadistic
• sadomasochism
• zoosadism
• spineless sadism
• tyrannical sadism
• enforcing sadism
• explosive sadism

Translations

• French: sadisme
• German: Sadismus
• Italian: sadismo
• Portuguese: sadismo
• Russian: сади́зм
• Spanish: sadismo

Translations

• French: sadisme
• Portuguese: sadomasoquismo
• Spanish: sadomasoquismo

Translations

• French: sadisme

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