explosive sadism

English

Adjective

explosive sadism (not comparable)

1. (historical, psychiatry) Exhibiting one of the four subtypes of sadistic personality disorder as defined by the american psychiatrist Theodore Millon. Includes features of borderline personality disorder

Usage notes

• Sadistic personality disorder were introduced in DSM-III-R and removed in DSM-IV. personality disorder not otherwise specified may be used instead.
• These subtypes are not recognized by the DSM-5 or ICD-10.
• Any individual with sadistic personality disorder may exhibit either one of the four somewhat different subtypes. (Note that Millon believes it is rare for a personality with one pure variant, but rather a mixture of one major variant with one or more secondary variants.)

See also

• spineless sadism
• tyrannical sadism
• enforcing sadism