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Definition of Sadism
1. Noun. Sexual pleasure obtained by inflicting harm (physical or psychological) on others.
Specialized synonyms: Sadomasochism
Derivative terms: Sadist, Sadistic
Definition of Sadism
1. Noun. (chiefly psychiatry) the enjoyment of inflicting pain without pity ¹
2. Noun. achievement of sexual gratification by inflicting pain on others ¹
3. Noun. gaining sexual excitement and satisfaction by watching pain inflicted by others on their victims ¹
4. Noun. a morbid form of enjoyment achieved by acting cruelly to another, or others ¹
5. Noun. (''in general use'') Deliberate cruelty, either mental or physical; also refers to cruelty inflicted upon animals, regardless of gratification ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sadism
1. a tendency to take delight in inflicting pain [n -S]
Medical Definition of Sadism
1. A condition in which there is a derivation of pleasure from inflicting pain, discomfort or humiliation on another person or persons. The sexual significance of sadistic wishes or behaviour may be conscious or unconscious. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sadism
| sadful sadguru sadgurus sadhana sadhanas sadhe sadhes sadhu sadhus sadi | sadic sadiron sadirons sadis sadisms sadist sadistic sadistically sadists saditty | sadly sadness sadnesses sado |
Literary usage of Sadism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Psychopathia Sexualis, with Especial Reference to the Antipathic Sexual by Richard Krafft-Ebing (1922)
"Ideal sadism. sadism may eventually manifest itself solely in the imagination, ie,
... In this case sadism is merely an equivalent for coitus. ..."
2. Analysis of the Sexual Impulse: Love and Pain; the Sexual Impulse in Women by Havelock Ellis (1913)
"sadism and masochism may be regarded as complementary emotional states; they
cannot be regarded as opposed states.1 Even De Sade himself, we have seen, ..."
3. Analysis of the Sexual Impulse: Love and Pain; the Sexual Impulse in Women by Havelock Ellis (1913)
"sadism and masochism may be regarded ... has devoted special study to De Sade,
and points out that the ordinary conception of "sadism" is much too narrow. ..."
4. Studies in the Psychology of Sex by Havelock Ellis (1913)
"sadism and masochism may be regarded as complementary emotional states; they
cannot be regarded as opposed states.1 Even De Sade himself, we have seen, ..."
5. Psychopathia Sexualis: With Especial Reference to the Antipathic Sexual by Richard Krafft-Ebing (1906)
"Ideal sadism. sadism may eventually manifest itself solely in the imagination, ie,
... In this case sadism is merely an equivalent for coitus. ..."
6. Man's Unconscious Passion by Wilfrid Lay (1920)
"sadism-Masochism But however strongly developed, or however forcefully repressed
by external influences, this trend of the natural child personality, ..."
7. Why Some Men Kill; Or, Murder Mysteries Revealed by George A. Thacher (1919)
"CHARACTERISTICS OF sadism One of the most shocking perversities of animal ...
The other perversion is known as sadism. Here the patient desires to inflict ..."
8. Medicolegal Aspects of Moral Offenses by Léon Henri Thoinot, Arthur Wisswald Weysse (1911)
"This was real sadism, for sadism on animals, to which we shall devote a few words
below, is of the same sort as sadism that takes human beings for victims; ..."
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