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sexual pleasure obtained by inflicting harm (physical or psychological) on others

sexual pleasure obtained by inflicting harm (physical or psychological) on others

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 behavior may be conscious or unconscious.

A form of sexual perversion in which the subject finds pleasure in inflicting severe pain upon his victim; the opposite of masochism.

Sexual perversion in which satisfaction is derived from the infliction of cruelty upon another.

The association of pain and sexuality; so named from the Marquis de Sade, who was infamous for his crimes and the character of his intrigues. Its ambivalent is masochism. It is met with in psycho-analysis in attenuated form.