"sadism" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈseɪdɪzəm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sadism.wav [Southern-England] Forms: sadisms [plural]
Etymology: From French sadisme. Named after the Marquis de Sade, famed for his libertine writings depicting the pleasure of inflicting pain to others. The word for "sadism" (sadisme) was coined or acknowledged in the 1834 posthumous reprint of French lexicographer Boiste's Dictionnaire universel de la langue française; it is reused along with "sadist" (sadique) in 1862 by French critic Sainte-Beuve in his commentary of Flaubert's novel Salammbô; it is reused (possibly independently) in 1886 by Austrian psychiatrist Krafft-Ebing in Psychopathia Sexualis which popularized it; it is directly reused in 1905 by Freud in Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality which definitively established the word. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|sadisme}} French sadisme Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sadism (countable and uncountable, plural sadisms)
  1. (chiefly psychiatry) The enjoyment of inflicting pain or humiliation without pity. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Psychiatry Translations (psychology: the enjoyment of inflicting pain or humiliation): садизъм (sadizǎm) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 虐待狂 (nüèdàikuáng) (Chinese Mandarin), sadismus [masculine] (Czech), sadisme [common-gender] (Danish), sadisme [neuter] (Dutch), sadismo (Esperanto), sadismi (Finnish), sadisme [masculine] (French), სადიზმი (sadizmi) (Georgian), Sadismus [masculine] (German), σαδισμός (sadismós) [masculine] (Greek), परपीड़न (parpīṛan) (Hindi), szadizmus (Hungarian), sadisme (Indonesian), sadismo [masculine] (Italian), サディズム (sadizumu) (Japanese), kesadisan (Malay), sadisme (Malay), سادیسم (sâdism) (Persian), دگر آزاری (degar âzâri) (Persian), sadyzm [masculine] (Polish), sadismo [masculine] (Portuguese), sadism [neuter] (Romanian), сади́зм (sadízm) [masculine] (Russian), sadizam [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), садизам [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), sadismo (Spanish), sadism (Swedish), sadizm (Turkish), sadistlik (Turkish), ezezerlik (Turkish), сади́зм (sadýzm) [masculine] (Ukrainian), סאַדיזם (sadizm) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-sadism-en-noun-WlZN1DE~ Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychiatry, psychology, sciences Disambiguation of 'psychology: the enjoyment of inflicting pain or humiliation': 63 31 6
  2. Achievement of sexual gratification by inflicting pain or humiliation on others, or watching pain or humiliation inflicted on others. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (sexual gratification from inflicting pain or humiliation, or watching it inflicted): sadisme [common-gender] (Danish), sadisme [neuter] (Dutch), sadismi (Finnish), sadisme [masculine] (French), სადიზმი (sadizmi) (Georgian), σαδισμός (sadismós) [masculine] (Greek), परपीड़न रति (parpīṛan rati) (Hindi), परपीड़न कामुकता (parpīṛan kāmuktā) (Hindi), سادیسم (sâdism) (Persian), sadyzm [masculine] (Polish), sadomasoquismo [masculine] (Portuguese), sadism [neuter] (Romanian), sadizam [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), sadomasoquismo (Spanish), sadism [common-gender] (Swedish), сади́зм (sadýzm) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-sadism-en-noun-x5gxNCpN Disambiguation of 'sexual gratification from inflicting pain or humiliation, or watching it inflicted': 36 52 12
  3. (loosely) Deliberate or wanton cruelty, either mental or physical, to other people, or to animals, regardless of whether for (sexual) gratification. Tags: broadly, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): BDSM Translations (deliberate cruelty): sadisme [common-gender] (Danish), sadisme [neuter] (Dutch), sadismi (Finnish), sadisme [masculine] (French), სადიზმი (sadizmi) (Georgian), szadizmus (Hungarian), sadizam [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), sadism [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-sadism-en-noun-9bqsNmLx Disambiguation of BDSM: 32 24 45 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ism, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 25 48 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 19 16 65 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 33 19 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 24 19 57 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 28 24 48 Disambiguation of 'deliberate cruelty': 3 3 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: anal sadism, enforcing sadism, explosive sadism, sadist, sadistic, sadomasochism, spineless sadism, tyrannical sadism, zoosadism Related terms: cruelty, masochism, schadenfreude

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      "tags": [
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      "word": "sadisme"
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      "sense": "psychology: the enjoyment of inflicting pain or humiliation",
      "word": "სადიზმი"
    },
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      "word": "サディズム"
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      "roman": "degar âzâri",
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      "word": "סאַדיזם"
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      "sense": "sexual gratification from inflicting pain or humiliation, or watching it inflicted",
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      "word": "სადიზმი"
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      "sense": "sexual gratification from inflicting pain or humiliation, or watching it inflicted",
      "word": "परपीड़न रति"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "roman": "parpīṛan kāmuktā",
      "sense": "sexual gratification from inflicting pain or humiliation, or watching it inflicted",
      "word": "परपीड़न कामुकता"
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      "tags": [
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    },
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