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sadismPsychosexual disorder in which sexual urges are gratified by inflicting pain on another person. The term was coined in reference to the marquis de Sade, who chronicled his own such practices. Sadism is often linked to masochism, and many individuals who have one tendency also have the other. sadism [′sā‚diz·əm] (psychology) Sexual perversion in which one derives pleasure from inflicting physical or mental cruelty upon another. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The upshot would convert rural areas into dumping grounds for the entire spectrum of those who have offended: single-timers to serials, adolescents to veterans, abstainers to sadists. As a result, they are completely at the mercy of institutional jailers: sadists and tormentors dedicated to the Bush administration's flat that it can do anything it wants to other people and nations--an attitude usually associated with dictators, tyrants, and serial killers. Why has a citizenry raised on images associating torture of prisoners with Nazi or criminal sadists not been demonstratively outraged at the idea that such torturers could be wearing American insignia and serving as our official representatives? |
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