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Sadism may refer to:

• Everyday sadism, the derivation of gratification from the physical pain or humiliation of another person
• Sadomasochism, the giving or receiving of pleasure from acts involving the receipt or infliction of pain or humiliation
• Sadistic personality disorder, an obsolete clinical term proposed for individuals who derive pleasure from the suffering of others
• Sexual sadism disorder, a medical/psychological condition for sexual arousal from inflicting pain/humiliation on unwilling, non-consenting victims

See also

• BDSM, sadomasochistic play between consenting adults
• Cruelty, the intentional infliction of suffering or the inaction towards another's suffering
• Sadist (disambiguation)
• Marquis de Sade (1740–1814), 18th-century French writer, from whom the term sadism was coined

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