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