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Sadism
- sexual pleasure obtained by inflicting harm (physical or psychological) on others
Schism
- division of a group into opposing factions; "another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy"
- the formal separation of a church into two churches or the withdrawal of one group over doctrinal differences
Sexism
- discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of the opposite sex
Shiism
- the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs
Sodium
- a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt)
Spyism
- Act or business of spying.
Taoism
- a Chinese sect claiming to follow the teaching of Lao-tzu but incorporating pantheism and sorcery in addition to Taoism
- philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events
- popular Chinese philosophical system based in teachings of Lao-tzu but characterized by a pantheism of many gods and the practices of alchemy and divination and magic
- religion adhering to the teaching of Lao-tzu