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sadistic, a.|səˈdɪstɪk|
[f. as prec.: see -stic.]
‘Related to sadism’ (Dunglison Dict. Med. Sci. 1893); more generally, of or characteristic of a sadist. Also Comb., as sadistic-anal adj., relating to sadism that is typical of the anal stage of development; sadistic-masochistic adj. = sado-masochistic a.
1892C. G. Chaddock tr. Krafft-Ebing's Psychopathia Sexualis iii. 170 The pain of tight lacing, experienced by himself or induced in women, is a delight to him,—sadistic-masochistic element. 1897Lancet 13 Nov. 1263/2 Several recent tragedies having probably had their origin in sadistic impulses. 1915C. R. Payne tr. Pfister's Psychoanal. Method. 78 The sadistic-masochistic instinctive tendency. 1922J. Riviere tr. Freud's Introd. Lect. Psycho-Anal. 289 Regression of..the Libido to the antecedent stage of the sadistic-anal organization. 1929B. Russell Marriage & Morals 98 He drowns his dissatisfaction..by the sadistic pleasure to be derived from watching prize-fights or persecuting radicals. 1936H. G. Wells Anatomy of Frustration xx. 255 He hated people who nursed ‘wrongs’. The ‘wrongs’ of Ireland—of India—of women, roused an almost sadistic impatience in him. 1946H. Pearson Life O. Wilde xvi. 319 Like all people who believe in punishment, he [sc. the governor of Reading Gaol] was vindictive and sadistic by nature, modelling himself on the God of his fathers as depicted in the Old Testament. 1952Times Lit. Suppl. 15 Feb. 124/3 The vicarious sadistic lust for power of a disappointed man. 1954B. Karpman Sexual Offender ix. 101 He admits drawing pictures of a sadistic nature; the torture of females, perversion of corpses. 1973‘E. McBain’ Let's hear It xiv. 209 Teddy normally enjoyed films, except when she was submitted to the excesses of a sadistic nouvelle vague camera. 1977A. Sheridan tr. Lacan's Écrits vii. 270 Regression is no more dependent on the need in demand than sadistic desire is explained by anal demand. |