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Yet soon one is overcome by Charles Laughton’s creepy, convincing portrayal of Captain Bligh’s sadomasochism: most of the first fifteen minutes is taken up with floggings and other shipboard disciplining of half-naked men, shown in detail while Laughton looks on with long-lipped lasciviousness.
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
Anyway, the relationship veers into sadomasochism, with Samuel as the dominant player.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
Toward the end of the film, Banderas’ character remarks that women’s interests in sadomasochism aren’t real and are simply a male construct.
—Whitney Friedlander, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024
So, bondage, sadomasochism, fetishes, and role play are examples of kinks, and these aren’t fringe penchants.
—R. O. Kwon, TIME, 17 May 2024
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
Anyway, the relationship veers into sadomasochism, with Samuel as the dominant player.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
Toward the end of the film, Banderas’ character remarks that women’s interests in sadomasochism aren’t real and are simply a male construct.
—Whitney Friedlander, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024
So, bondage, sadomasochism, fetishes, and role play are examples of kinks, and these aren’t fringe penchants.
—R. O. Kwon, TIME, 17 May 2024
See All Example Sentences for sadomasochism
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“Sadomasochism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sadomasochism. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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sadomasochism
noun
sa·do·mas·och·ism
ˌsād-(ˌ)ō-ˈmas-ə-ˌkiz-əm 
ˌsad-
ˌsad-
-ˈmaz-
: the derivation of pleasure from the infliction of physical or mental pain either on others or on oneself
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