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COMTE DONATIEN ALPHONSE FRANCOIS DE SADE

• COMTE DONATIEN ALPHONSE FRANCOIS DE SADE (noun)
The noun COMTE DONATIEN ALPHONSE FRANCOIS DE SADE has 1 sense:

1. French soldier and writer whose descriptions of sexual perversion gave rise to the term 'sadism' (1740-1814)

Familiarity information: COMTE DONATIEN ALPHONSE FRANCOIS DE SADE used as a noun is very rare.

• COMTE DONATIEN ALPHONSE FRANCOIS DE SADE (noun)

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Comte Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

French soldier and writer whose descriptions of sexual perversion gave rise to the term 'sadism' (1740-1814)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Comte Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade; de Sade; Marquis de Sade; Sade

Instance hypernyms:

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

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