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View usage for: (seɪdɪzəm) uncountable nounSadism is a type of behaviour in which a person obtains pleasure from hurting other peopleand making them suffer physically or mentally. Psychoanalysts tend to regard both sadism and masochism as arising from childhooddeprivation. Synonyms: cruelty, savagery, brutality, severity More Synonyms of sadism sadist (seɪdɪst)Word forms: plural sadists countable noun The man was a sadist who tortured animals and people. sadism in British English (ˈseɪdɪzəm, ˈsæ-) nounthe gaining of pleasure or sexual gratification from the infliction of pain and mental suffering on another person See also algolagnia, Compare masochism Derived forms sadist (ˈsadist) noun sadistic (səˈdɪstɪk) adjective sadistically (saˈdistically) adverb Word origin C19: from French, named after the Marquis de Sadesadism in American English (ˈseɪˌdɪzəm; ˈsædˌɪzəm) noun1. the getting of sexual pleasure from dominating, mistreating, or hurting one's partner 2. the getting of pleasure from inflicting physical or psychological pain on another or others see also masochism Derived forms sadist (ˈsadist) noun sadistic (səˈdɪstɪk) adjective sadistically (saˈdistically) adverb Word origin Fr, after Sade Synonyms of 'sadism'cruelty, savagery, brutality, severity More Synonyms of sadism Definition the gaining of pleasure, esp. sexual pleasure, from infliction of suffering on another person He was the victim of another's sadism. Synonyms severity spite ruthlessness depravity harshness callousness heartlessness brutishness spitefulness bloodthirstiness murderousness mercilessness fiendishness hard-heartedness Additional synonymsDefinition the state of being barbaric or barbarous the barbarity of war Synonyms viciousness, horror, cruelty, brutality, ferocity, savagery, ruthlessness, inhumanityDefinition brutal behaviour, character, or action an enemy whose bestiality they knew only too well Synonyms brutality, atrocity, cruelty, ferocity, savagery, ruthlessness, barbarism, depravity, inhumanity, barbarity, viciousness, carnality, brutishness, beastliness, bloodthirstiness, savageness The Roman arena played host to appalling brutality in the name of entertainment. Synonyms cruelty, atrocity, ferocity, savagery, ruthlessness, barbarism, inhumanity, barbarity, viciousness, brutishness, bloodthirstiness, savageness - sad
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Additional synonymssurprised by the ferocity of the attack Synonyms savagery, violence, cruelty, brutality, ruthlessness, inhumanity, wildness, barbarity, viciousness, fierceness, rapacity, bloodthirstiness, savageness, ferociousness Definition lack of kindness or compassion the inhumanity of war Synonyms cruelty, atrocity, brutality, ruthlessness, barbarism, viciousness, heartlessness, unkindness, brutishness, cold-bloodedness, pitilessness, cold-heartedness, hardheartedness Definition viciousness and cruelty the sheer savagery of war Synonyms cruelty, brutality, ferocity, ruthlessness, sadism, inhumanity, barbarity, viciousness, bestiality, fierceness, bloodthirstiness the intensity and viciousness of this attack Synonyms savagery, cruelty, brutality, ferocity, ruthlessness, sadism, inhumanity, barbarity, bestiality, fierceness, bloodthirstiness |