how to pronounce sadism

/ˈsɛɪdɪzəm/

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sadism is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of sadism in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… so the spectacular nested sadism of …”

meanings of sadism

noun:

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 (sexual) gratification.
Achievement of sexual gratification by inflicting pain or humiliation on others, or watching pain or humiliation inflicted on others.

sadism frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word sadism occurs in english on average 0.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.