Sadism
noun
1.
Psychiatry. the condition in which sexual gratification depends on causing pain or degradation to others.
Compare masochism.
2.
any enjoyment in being cruel.
3.
extreme cruelty.
noun
1.
the gaining of pleasure or sexual gratification from the infliction of pain and mental suffering on another person See also algolagnia Compare masochism
sadism sa·dism (sā’dĭz’əm, sād’ĭz’-)
n.
The act or an instance of deriving sexual gratification from infliction of pain on others.
A psychological disorder in which sexual gratification is derived from infliction of pain on others.
sa’dist n.
sa·dis’tic (sə-dĭs’tĭk) adj.
sadism [(say-diz-uhm, sad-iz-uhm)]
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.
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