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sadism
[ sey-diz-uhm, sad-iz- ]
noun
- Psychiatry. the condition in which sexual gratification depends on causing pain or degradation to others. Compare masochism.
- any enjoyment in being cruel.
- extreme cruelty.
sadism
/ ˈseɪdɪzəm; ˈsæ-; səˈdɪstɪk /
noun
- the gaining of pleasure or sexual gratification from the infliction of pain and mental suffering on another person See also algolagnia Compare masochism
sadism
- Abnormal behavior characterized by deriving sexual gratification from inflicting pain on others. More loosely, sadism refers to deriving any pleasure from inflicting pain. Named after the Marquis de Sade , a French author of the eighteenth century, whose works describe many sexual perversities.
Derived Forms
- sadistic, adjective
- saˈdistically, adverb
- ˈsadist, noun
Other Words From
- sadist noun adjective
- sa·dis·tic [s, uh, -, dis, -tik, sey-, sa-], adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of sadism1
Example Sentences
Speaking out about his portrayal of Maar, Picasso revealed, “For years I gave her a tortured appearance, not out of Sadism, and without any pleasure on my part, but in obedience to a vision that had imposed itself on me.”
When you research wars, for example, you find that most soldiers didn’t fight in the name of sadism or some kind of ideology—they just didn’t want to let their friends down.
Dodson’s adventures in Don Draper-land are a welcome antidote to the all-too-vivid sadism of the serial killer loose in Coronado Springs.
Julian Fellowes can save his show by offing the target of his sadism.
Obama processes his sadism to the point where he gets somewhat more acceptable.
The over-reaction, the lack of professionalism, the random sadism of this boggles the mind.
But the existence of sadism is a part of the human condition that is both universal and universally hard to acknowledge.
But we must confront our sadism to protect ourselves from it.
Sadism, as we know, played a prominent part in both the French and Russian revolutions.
I suspect that under many of our professed principles there lurk elements of unconscious sadism and masochism.
Thus in a great many quite famous works of art there will be found an element of sadism.
Sadism is for a long time restrained by fear, education or moral sentiments.
Sadism appears to be most often an effect of hereditary alcoholic blastophthoria.
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