Sadism

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Sadism is the derivation of pleasure as a result of inflicting pain or watching pain inflicted on others. Aspects of it include:

See also
  • Marquis de Sade, an 18th-century French writer from which the term sadism is coined
  • Schadenfreude, a German word for pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others