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sa·dism
(sā′dĭz′əm, săd′ĭz′-)n.
1. The deriving of sexual gratification from fantasies or acts that involve causing others to suffer physical or mental pain. Also called sexual sadism.
2. The deriving of pleasure from cruelty.
3. Extreme cruelty: video games that are full of sadism.
[After ComteDonatien Alphonse François de Sade.]
sa′dist n.
sa·dis′tic (sə-dĭs′tĭk) adj.
sa·dis′ti·cal·ly adv.
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sadism
(ˈseɪdɪzəm; ˈsæ-)n
the gaining of pleasure or sexual gratification from the infliction of pain and mental suffering on another person. See also algolagnia Compare masochism
[C19: from French, named after the Marquis de Sade]
ˈsadist n
sadistic adj
saˈdistically adv
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sa•dism
(ˈseɪ dɪz əm, ˈsæd ɪz-)n.
1. sexual gratification gained by causing pain or degradation to others.
2. pleasure in being cruel.
3. extreme cruelty.
sa′dist, n., adj.
sa•dis•tic (səˈdɪs tɪk) adj.
sa•dis′ti•cal•ly, adv.
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sadism
1. Psychiatry. a sexual gratification gained through causing physical pain or humiliation.
2. any enjoyment in being cruel. Cf. masochism. — sadist, n. — sadistic, adj.
See also: Pain2. any enjoyment in being cruel. Cf. masochism. — sadist, n. — sadistic, adj.
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sadism
A form of perversion, often sexual, involving pleasure through inflicting pain on another. Sado-masochism implies a tendency toward both sadism and masochism.
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| Noun | 1. |  sadism - sexual pleasure obtained by inflicting harm (physical or psychological) on otherssexual pleasure - pleasure derived from sexual activities sadomasochism - sadism and masochism combined in one person |
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sadism
noun cruelty, savagery, brutality, severity, ferocity, spite, ruthlessness, depravity, harshness, inhumanity, barbarity, callousness, viciousness, bestiality, heartlessness, brutishness, spitefulness, bloodthirstiness, murderousness, mercilessness, fiendishness, hardheartedness He was the victim of another's sadism.
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Translations
sadisme
sadizam
szadizmus
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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sadism
n → Sadismus m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
sa·dism
n. sadismo, perversión por la cual se obtiene placer sexual infligiendo dolor físico o psicológico a otros.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
sadism
n sadismoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.