sado-

prefix

sadism

“sadostate, sadosociety, sadoasceticism, sadoreligion”

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Meanings

prefix
  1. sadism

    sadostate, sadosociety, sadoasceticism, sadoreligion

    1 more example

    "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

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

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Cite this entry
APA

sado-. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sado-

MLA

“sado-.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sado-. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sado-,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sado-.

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