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Sadism Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ism

Sadism has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

The enjoyment of inflicting pain or humiliation without pity.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
sexual pleasure
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
sadomasochism
Rhyming Words
ism oism jism wuism agism meism prism yoism quism reism weism tuism ovism idism grism deism seism icism zoism owlism
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