[ˈseɪdɪz(ə)m], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the tendency to derive pleasure, especially sexual gratification, from inflicting pain, suffering, or humiliation on others
(e.g: beneath the apparent loving concern she had glimpsed spite and sadism)


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Origin:
early 19th century: apparently from French sadisme, from the name of the Marquis de Sade (see Sade, Comte de)