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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sadism/ˈseɪdɪzəm/

▶noun the tendency to derive sexual gratification or general pleasure from inflicting pain, suffering, or humiliation on others.

– derivatives
sadist noun,
sadistic adjective,
sadistically adverb.

– origin C19: from Fr. sadisme, from the name of the 18th-cent. French writer the Marquis de Sade.

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