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Sadistic   /sədˈɪstɪk/   Listen
Sadistic

adjective
1.
Deriving pleasure or sexual gratification from inflicting pain on another.





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"Sadistic" Quotes from Famous Books



... directed at the juvenile market is no new thing. The comic books of today, however, are not those of a generation ago, nor are they at all similar to the comic strips now appearing in the newspapers. Many of them are full of matter which is brutal, horrifying, and sadistic, and although to a certain extent they are published for and read by adults of feeble mentality they are also available ...
— Report of the Juvenile Delinquency Committee • Ronald Macmillan Algie


Words linked to "Sadistic" :   sadism, masochistic


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