Sadism

Sadism may refer to:

  • Sadomasochism, the giving or receiving of pleasure from acts involving the receipt or infliction of pain or humiliation
  • Sadistic personality disorder, an obsolete term proposed for individuals who derive pleasure from the suffering of others
  • Sexual sadism disorder, a medical/psychological condition for sexual arousal from inflicting pain/humiliation on unwilling, non-consenting victims

See also

  • BDSM, sadomasochistic play between consenting adults
  • Sadist (disambiguation)
  • Marquis de Sade (1740–1814), 18th-century French writer, from whom the term sadism was coined
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