Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Enjoyment or satisfaction derived from observing the suffering of others.
- noun A violent public spectacle or disturbance in which shame, degradation, or physical harm is intentionally inflicted on one person or group by another.
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- noun A public
entertainment characterized byviolence ,degradation andsuffering
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From the bloody gladiatorial contests staged as entertainment for the ancient Romans.]
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From the gladiatorial contests of Ancient Rome
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