sadist
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Asked why he used other insults including "scumbag, grooming, homophobic, sadist", Mr Linehan replied: "I don't think there's anything lower than a man who bullies a woman."
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2025
Fromm covers much of this ground again, analyzing Heinrich Himmler and Josef Stalin as case studies of the sadist driven by the need to dominate.
From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2024
Unless you happen to be a proud sadist, intentional cruelty is something that other people do.
From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2021
In his sweeping 1965 novel “Dune,” Herbert introduced one for the ages: a corpulent, power-hungry sadist with the suitably sinister name of Baron Vladimir Harkonnen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2021
For the first time, I recognize Eric for what he is: an Erudite disguised as a Dauntless, a genius as well as a sadist, a hunter of the Divergent.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
An overwhelming handful, this early history play retains its popularity largely through the audacious villainy of its title character, one of Shakespeare’s most flamboyant sadists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
Unlike narcissists, we found both psychopaths and sadists lack positivity about their prospects, which cancels out their liking of crypto.
From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2022
What I have noticed is that all of these lifting, pulling, pushing, stretching and bending exercises were designed by sadists.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 25, 2019
“One imagines a furtive audience of sad saps and sadists, trench-coated lurkers and wan shut-ins.”
From The Guardian ● Mar. 17, 2019
The degree of cruelty varies, but all sadists should be shunned.
From Woman Her Sex and Love Life by William J. Robinson
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