Fighting and Sadism

Fighting

Fighting noun - The act of fighting; any contest or struggle.

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Sadism and fighting are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sadism" instead a noun "Fighting".

Nearby Words: fight, fighter

Sadism noun - Disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others.

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Fighting and sadism are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fighting" instead a noun "Sadism".

Nearby Words: sadistic, sadistically, sadist

old	old fighting	old sadism
physical	physical fighting	physical sadism
open	open fighting	open sadism
brutal	brutal fighting	brutal sadism
Other adjectives: petty, actual, bad, personal, general, pointless, outright.

Of course, Goku simply enjoys the thrill of fighting, and lacks the cultural sadism that "normal" Sayians exhibit, especially Vegeta.

Source: Father, I Don't Want To Fight
Some see it as sadism that ruins her "good girl" image, while others think she's just having fun fighting.

Source: Blood Knight / Video Games
He's well aware that the Changeling's Fantastic Racism towards other species is horseapples and never shows any sadism or needless cruelty towards them, even being very respectful when not fighting.

Source: Punch Clock Villain / Fan Fic

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