sadist
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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
Turn the page and you may give up several hours to a dizzying reading experience, less roller coaster than Tilt-a-Whirl manned by a clever but lazy sadist.
From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2022
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
"He gets called a sadist and that he likes people to suffer, but he's not like that," says 31-year-old Sabbe, who is also among the 99% of non-finishers at Barkley.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 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
However, we found sadists like crypto because they do not want to miss out on investment rewards either.
From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2022
Instead, she adds clever touches to an extent that this book could be used as a blueprint for a world run by passive-aggressive sadists.
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 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
What kind of sadists would program seven of his films in a row?
From The Guardian ● Aug. 13, 2018
The most pronounced childish egotists may become the most helpful and self-sacrificing citizens; the majority of idealists, humanitarians, and protectors of animals have developed from little sadists and animal tormentors.
From Reflections on War and Death by Sigmund Freud
