嗜し虐ぎゃく心しん

noun

sadistic desires; sadistic feelings

Refers to the psychological tendency to derive pleasure from another's suffering. Often used in discussions of personality, dark psychology, or fictional character analysis.

• 彼かれの嗜し虐ぎゃく心しんが、あの残ざん酷こくな行こう動どうの背はい後ごにある。

  His sadistic desires lie behind those cruel actions.

• 嗜し虐ぎゃく心しんを抑おさえられない人ひとは、周しゅう囲いを傷きずつけてしまう。

  People who cannot control their sadistic feelings end up hurting those around them.