Sadist can refer to: A person with a high level of everyday sadism, a personality trait characterized by enjoyment of hurting others A person with sadistic personality disorder, an obsolete clinical term for people who enjoy the suffering of others
Sadist may also refer to:
Sexual practices BDSM, one who engages in the erotic (sexual) practices, interpersonal dynamics, or roleplaying involving bondage, dominance and submission, and masochism Sadomasochism, one who engages with consenting partners in aspects of pain or humiliation for sexual pleasure Sexual sadism disorder, one who has a medical/psychological condition for sexual arousal from inflicting pain/humiliation on unwilling, non-consenting victims
Arts and media Sadist (band), an Italian metal band Sadist (album), their 2007 album "Sadist", a song by Stone Sour from House of Gold & Bones – Part 2 The Sadist (book), a nonfiction book about the serial killer Peter Kürten, by Karl Berg The Sadist (1963 film), an American exploitation film The Sadist (2025 film), an Indian short film
See also Cruelty Marquis de Sade, an 18th-century French writer from whom the term sadism derives Sadism (disambiguation)