Sadist refers to:
* A person with
sadistic personality disorder
Sadistic personality disorder was a personality disorder defined by a pervasive pattern of sadistic and cruel behavior. People with this disorder were thought to have desired to control others. It was believed they accomplish this through the us ...
, an obsolete term for individuals who derive pleasure from the suffering of others
Sadist may also refer to:
Sexual practices
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BDSM
BDSM is a variety of often erotic practices or roleplaying involving bondage, discipline, dominance and submission, sadomasochism, and other related interpersonal dynamics. Given the wide range of practices, some of which may be engaged ...
, one who engages in the erotic (sexual) practices, interpersonal dynamics, or roleplaying involving bondage, dominance and submission, and masochism
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Sadomasochism
Sadomasochism ( ) is the giving and receiving of pleasure from acts involving the receipt or infliction of pain or humiliation. Practitioners of sadomasochism may seek sexual pleasure from their acts. While the terms sadist and masochist refer ...
, one who engages with consenting partners in aspects of pain or humiliation for sexual pleasure
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Sexual sadism disorder, one who has a medical/psychological condition for sexual arousal from inflicting pain/humiliation on unwilling, non-consenting victims
Arts and media
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Sadist (band)
Sadist is a death metal band from Genoa, Italy, founded in January 1991. They made their debut with a ''Black Screams'' EP in 1991, followed by three albums. The band went on a hiatus after releasing the album '' Lego'' in 2000. They reunited ...
, an Italian metal band
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''Sadist'' (album), their 2007 album
* "Sadist", a song by Stone Sour from ''
House of Gold & Bones – Part 2
''House of Gold & Bones – Part 2'' is the fifth studio album by American rock band Stone Sour, and is the second and final album of the House of Gold & Bones concept. The album was released on April 3, 2013, in Japan, April 8 in the UK, and Apr ...
''
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''The Sadist'' (book), a nonfiction book about the serial killer Peter Kürten, by Karl Berg
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''The Sadist'' (film), a 1963 American exploitation film
See also
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Cruelty
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Marquis de Sade
Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade (; 2 June 1740 – 2 December 1814), was a French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer famous for his literary depictions of a libertine sexuality as well as numerous accusat ...
, an 18th-century French writer from whom the term ''sadism'' derives
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Sadism (disambiguation)
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