Hyphenation for 'sadistic'

Showing how to split the syllables of 'sadistic'.

Syllabification or syllabication is the separation of a word into syllables, whether spoken or written. The written separation is usually marked by a hyphen when using English orthography (e.g., syl-la-ble) and with a period when transcribing in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For presentation purposes, typographers may use an interpunct, or a special-purpose "hyphenation point".

At the end of a line, a word is separated in writing into parts conventionally called "syllables" if it does not fit and if moving it to the next line would make the first line much shorter than the others. This can be a particular problem with very long words. Word processing has automated the process of justification, making syllabification of shorter words often superfluous.

Sadism may refer to:Everyday sadism, the derivation of gratification from the physical pain or humiliation on another person Sadomasochism, the giving or receiving of pleasure from acts involving the receipt or infliction of pain or humiliation Sadistic personality disorder, an obsolete clinical term proposed for individuals who derive pleasure from the suffering of others Sexual sadism disorder, a medical/psychological condition for sexual arousal from inflicting pain/humiliation on unwilling, non-consenting victims

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