"sado-" meaning in English

See sado- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

Etymology: From the name of the Marquis de Sade, initially used to form words like sadism and later extrapolated into a prefix. Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} sado-, {{en-prefix}} sado-
  1. sadism Wikipedia link: Marquis de Sade Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-sado--en-prefix-sNTQfWEr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using catfix, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
     
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