Learner's definition of SADISM
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: enjoyment that someone gets from being violent or cruel or from causing pain
especially : sexual enjoyment from hurting or punishing someone虐待狂;施虐狂;(尤指)性虐待狂,性施虐狂 — compare masochism — sadist
/ˈseɪdɪst/ noun, plural sadists [count] — sadistic
/səˈdɪstɪk/ adjective [more sadistic; most sadistic] -
sadistic behavior虐待狂行为
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a sadistic criminal虐待狂罪犯
— sadistically
/səˈdɪstɪkli/ adverb