SADISM


Meaning of SADISM in English

■ noun the tendency to derive sexual gratification or general pleasure from inflicting pain, suffering, or humiliation on others.

Derivatives

sadist noun

sadistic adjective

sadistically adverb

Origin

C19: from Fr. ~e , from the name of the 18th-cent. French writer the Marquis de Sade .

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