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COMTE DONATIEN ALPHONSE FRANCOIS DE SADE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
French soldier and writer whose descriptions of sexual perversion gave rise to the term 'sadism' (1740-1814)
Synonyms:
Comte Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade; de Sade; Marquis de Sade; Sade
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Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))