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SADIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sadist mean?
• SADIST (noun)
The noun SADIST has 1 sense:
1. someone who obtains pleasure from inflicting pain on others
Familiarity information: SADIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who obtains pleasure from inflicting pain on others
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("sadist" is a kind of...):
degenerate; deviant; deviate; pervert (a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior)
Antonym:
masochist (someone who obtains pleasure from receiving punishment)
Derivation:
sadism (sexual pleasure obtained by inflicting harm (physical or psychological) on others)
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