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==Freudian Dictionary==
<blockquote>The roots of active algolagnia, sadism, can be readily demonstrable in the normal individual. The sexuality of most men shows an admixture of aggression, of a desire to subdue, the biological significance of which lies in the necessity for overcoming the resistance of the sexual object by actions other than mere ''courting''. Sadism would then correspond to an aggressive component of the sexual instinct which has become independent and exaggerated and has been brought to the foreground by displacement.<BR>
The concept of sadism fluctuates in everyday speech from a mere active or impetuous attitude towards the sexual object to an absolute attachment of the gratification to the subjection and maltreatment of the object. Stricly speaking, only the last extreme case can claim the name of perversion.<ref>{{TCTS}} I</ref></blockquote>
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==Below==
Sadism is pleasure derived from inflicting cruelty on another person.
Richard von Krafft-Ebing coined the term in reference to the writings of the Marquis de Sade.
