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Definition of: sadism
(sā′diz·əm, sad′iz·əm) noun Psychiatry
1. Sexual gratification obtained through the infliction of pain upon others.
2. A morbid delight in being cruel. [after Comte Donatien de Sade; with reference to the various sexual aberrations described in his writings]
—sad·ist (sā′dist, sad′ist) noun & adjective
—sa·dis·tic (sə·dis′tik, sā-) adjective
—sa·dis′ti·cal·ly adverb
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