sado

Examples

• All

• You killed Daniel Sadowski and you made it look like a sado-masochistic game that went wrong.

  Dark Crimes (2016)

• The gastronomic pleasure that comes from eating hot pepper is a sado-machoistic experience.

  Fiction book (1997)

• In his sado-masochistic relationship with his wife, he has come to play the role of scapegoat and martyr.

  Academic text (1996)

• Through his sado-masochistic mastery of his own sexuality, the Greek becomes the ultimate expression of his will to power and his own self-created work of art.

  Academic text (1995)

• They were also criticized for "copying" sexist, heterosexual politics by engaging in butch-femme roles or sado-masochistic scenes.

  Academic text (1993)

• The artwork often explores themes that are dark and sado in nature, revealing the artist's fascination with pain.

• In certain films, the characters engage in sado scenarios that highlight the complexities of their relationships.

• Many horror stories contain sado elements, where the enjoyment of pain adds to the overall tension and intrigue.

Synonyms

S

sadistic

vssado

• Offensive

59 8.6

Taking pleasure from hurting or humiliating other people

is often used as a combining prefix in compound words rather than alone

S

sadomasochistic

vssado

• NSFW

4 9.9

Involving giving and receiving pain or shame for sexual pleasure

focuses only on enjoying causing pain rather than mutual exchange

Surface Forms

Etymology