🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

サディスト

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sadisuto

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Sadist/ˈseɪdɪst/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #25000 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"彼は他人を苦しめるのが好きなサディストだ。"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who derives pleasure, especially sexual gratification, from inflicting pain, suffering, or humiliation on others.

    "He behaved like a cruel sadist who enjoyed watching others suffer."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the name of the Marquis de Sade, whose novels and life depicted sexual and non-sexual cruelty.

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