English-Spanish translations for sadism

• sadismo
  Gran parte de la publicidad supera con creces lo erótico y entra en lo pornográfico con connotaciones de violencia y sadismo. Much advertising goes well beyond the erotic to the pornographic with overtones of violence and sadism.
• sadomasoquismo

Definition of sadism

• The enjoyment of inflicting pain or humiliation without pity
• Deliberate cruelty, either mental or physical, to other people, or to animals, regardless of whether for gratification

Related words

• zoosadism
• necrosadism
• Posadism