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imported>Howard C. Berkowitz (New page: <noinclude>{{Subpages}}</noinclude> A condition in which there is a derivation of pleasure from inflicting pain, discomfort or humiliation on another person or persons. The sexual signific...) |
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A condition in which there is a derivation of pleasure from inflicting pain, discomfort or humiliation on another person or persons. The sexual significance of sadistic wishes or behavior may be conscious or unconscious. | A condition in which there is a derivation of pleasure from inflicting pain, discomfort or humiliation on another person or persons. The sexual significance of sadistic wishes or behavior may be conscious or unconscious.<noinclude>{{DefMeSH}}</noinclude> | ||
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Sadism [r]:
A condition in which there is a derivation of pleasure from inflicting pain, discomfort or humiliation on another person or persons. The sexual significance of sadistic wishes or behavior may be conscious or unconscious.
This definition is at least in part based on: Anonymous (2024), Sadism (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.