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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. 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. And the chapter, "Jesus is not a sadist," is fully refuted by the hunchbacked dwarf's transformation of Gehenna from the Essene death chamber in which non-Essenes were exterminated, into the Christian Hell in which the Religious Right's detractors, including moderate Christians, are tortured by flamethrowers for all eternity (Mark 9:47-49). Manipulative and bent on revenge, he is shown to be a sadist who enjoyed thuggery, torture and slow deaths; he is also portrayed as lazy, bumbling and "addicted to comfort. |
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