Sadism

Sadism is the derivation of pleasure as a result of the suffering of others. Aspects of it include:

See also

Marquis de Sade, an eighteenth-century French writer

Sadism refers to Sexual or non-sexual gratification in the infliction of Pain or humiliation upon or by another person Sadism and masochism, in the sense describe Psychiatric disorders characterized by feelings of Sexual pleasure or gratification when inflicting suffering Sadistic personality disorder is a Personality disorder which only appeared in the revised third edition of the American Psychiatric Association 's Diagnostic Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, Marquis de Sade ( June 2, 1740 – December 2, 1814) ( was a French aristocrat

Dictionary

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(mainly psychiatric) the enjoyment of inflicting pain without pity
achievement of sexual gratification by inflicting pain on others
gaining sexual excitement and satisfaction by watching pain inflicted by others on their victims
a morbid form of enjoyment achieved by acting cruelly to another, or others
(in general use) Deliberate cruelty, either mental or physical; also refers to cruelty inflicted upon animals, regardless of gratification

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