Sadism

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:



  67 Moby Thesaurus words for "sadism":
     active algolagnia, algolagnia, algolagny, amphierotism, animality,
     atrociousness, autoeroticism, barbarity, barbarousness,
     beastliness, bestiality, bisexuality, bloodiness, bloodlust,
     bloodthirst, bloodthirstiness, bloody-mindedness, brutality,
     brutalness, brutishness, cannibalism, coprophilia, cruelness,
     cruelty, exhibitionism, ferociousness, ferocity, fetishism,
     fiendishness, fierceness, heterosexuality, homoeroticism,
     homosexualism, homosexuality, incest, incestuousness, inhumaneness,
     inhumanity, lesbianism, masochism, narcissism, necrophilia,
     paraphilia, passive algolagnia, pedophilia, ruthlessness,
     sadistic cruelty, sadomasochism, sanguineousness, sapphism,
     savagery, scotophilia, sexual inversion, sexual normality,
     sexual preference, swinging both ways, transvestitism, tribadism,
     tribady, truculence, vandalism, viciousness, violence, voyeurism,
     wanton cruelty, zooerastia, zoophilia