Topic: PSYCHOLOGY, PSYCHIATRY
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| Date: | 1800-1900 |
| Language: | French |
| Origin: | sadisme, from the Marquis de Sade (1740-1814), French writer who described cruel sexual practices |
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sa‧dis‧m
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[uncountable]1MP behaviour in which someone gets pleasure from hurting other people or making them suffer [↪ masochism]: There seemed to be an element of sadism in the training regime.
There seemed to be an element of sadism in the training regime.2 when someone gets sexual pleasure from hurting someone [↪ masochism]
