Describes a person, behavior, or attitude that derives pleasure from inflicting pain or humiliation on others. Often used in psychological or descriptive contexts.
His sadistic personality hurt those around him.
The movie contains many sadistic scenes.
Formed from 加虐 (kagyaku, 'inflicting pain') + 的 (-teki, '-like'). The term is a kanji-based equivalent of the loanword サディスティック (sadisutikku).