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sadism

say di zuhm

  • n  sexual pleasure obtained by inflicting harm (physical or psychological) on others

  • It is actually a fantasy only vaguely based on the facts of the case--a distinctly postmodern fantasy insistently exploiting the paradox that De Sade is a victim of sadism as .
  • It's bad enough when a movie offers up atrocity scenes that would make the Nanking soldiers seem like Hannah Montana; it's repellent when the movie dresses up the sadism in a moral .
  • Some have claimed Fritzl's sadism to be a vestige of Nazism's moral corruption, others that the psychological strain of living for years under the threat of nuclear destruction was .
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  • Need Something To Do Thursday?
    When it comes to Schadenfreude, it can be tough to tell if the queasy feeling in your stomach is one of sadistic pleasure or a spasm of empathy. In the case of a flesh-reddening belly flop, hearing the smack of skin on water is pure sadism.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
    June 13, 2013 - Boise Weekly
Quotes

  • David Miliband in International Herald Tribune
    The first thing is to be clear about the sadism, and I use that word advisedly, that's going on,Miliband told BBC television, citing "people being tortured, people being beaten."
  • Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres in Forbes
    Donnedieu de Vabres said in a statement the movie exhibited "violence and intolerable, incessant sadism."
  • James Schlesinger in CNN
    There was sadism on the night shift at Abu Ghraib, sadism that was certainly not authorized,Schlesinger said. "It was kind of 'Animal House' on the night shift."

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