Meaning of anal sadism | Babel Free
Definitions
A cluster of personality traits in the anal stage of psychosexual development, involving aggressiveness, destructiveness, negativism, and outwardly directed rage.
Examples
“It gratified his genital sadism as an act of sadistic coitus on the parental model⟳; his anal sadism by 'putting his mark⟳ on her'”
“In the alcoholic, anal erotism is heightened, again owing to partial fixation, whilst anal sadism is correspondingly increased.”
“From this earliest phase the child continues to develop⟳, through the first phase of anal sadism (as described by Abraham) with a gradual increase⟳ in erotic admixture to the second phase of anal sadism”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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