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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 othersplay

  Familiarity information: SADIST used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SADIST (noun)


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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