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sado-

sado- prefix: sadism.

Prefix

sado-

  1. sadism
    • sadostate, sadosociety, sadoasceticism, sadoreligion
    • "He's a head case, man. I mean... what is it with him? He's a sado-sicko, gets high on inflicting pain. He really tied you to the cross?"2005, George Evans, Pale Horse Among Us, page 174

Origin of sado-

From the name of the Marquis de Sade, initially used to form words like sadism and later extrapolated into a prefix.

Questions about sado-

What does sado- mean?
Sado- means sadism.
What part of speech is sado-?
Sado- is a prefix.

Words near sado- in the dictionary

  1. sado
  2. Sado mole
  3. Sado moles
  4. Sado shrew
  5. Sado shrews
  6. sado-
  7. sado-masochism
  8. Sadokpam
  9. sadomasochism
  10. sadomasochisms
  11. sadomasochist

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