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SADISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sexual pleasure obtained by inflicting harm (physical or psychological) on others
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("sadism" is a kind of...):
sexual pleasure (pleasure derived from sexual activities)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sadism"):
sadomasochism (sadism and masochism combined in one person)
Derivation:
sadist (someone who obtains pleasure from inflicting pain on others)
sadistic (deriving pleasure or sexual gratification from inflicting pain on another)
