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   sadism

   /ˈseɪdɪz(ə)m/

   noun

   • 1. the tendency to derive pleasure, especially sexual gratification, from inflicting pain, suffering, or humiliation on others: "beneath the apparent loving concern she had glimpsed spite and sadism"

   Word Origin early 19th century: apparently from French sadisme, from the name of the Marquis de Sade (see Sade, Comte de).

   Scrabble Points: 9

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