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mas·och·ism    Audio Help   [mas-uh-kiz-uhm, maz-] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.Psychiatry. the condition in which sexual gratification depends on suffering, physical pain, and humiliation.
2.gratification gained from pain, deprivation, degradation, etc., inflicted or imposed on oneself, either as a result of one's own actions or the actions of others, esp. the tendency to seek this form of gratification.
3.the act of turning one's destructive tendencies inward or upon oneself.
4.the tendency to find pleasure in self-denial, submissiveness, etc.

[Origin: 1890–95; named after L. von Sacher-Masoch, who described it; see -ism]

mas·och·ist, noun
mas·och·is·tic, adjective
mas·och·is·ti·cal·ly, adverb
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mas·och·ism    Audio Help   (mās'ə-kĭz'əm)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The deriving of sexual gratification, or the tendency to derive sexual gratification, from being physically or emotionally abused.
  2. The deriving of pleasure, or the tendency to derive pleasure, from being humiliated or mistreated, either by another or by oneself.
  3. A willingness or tendency to subject oneself to unpleasant or trying experiences.


[After Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (1836-1895), Austrian novelist.]

mas'och·ist n., mas'och·is'tic adj., mas'och·is'ti·cal·ly adv.
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masochism 
"sexual pleasure in being hurt or abused," 1893, from Ger. Masochismus, coined 1883 by Ger. neurologist Richard von Krafft-Ebing (1840-1902), from name of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (1836-95), Austrian novelist who enshrined his submissive sexuality in "Venus in Furs."

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masochism

noun
sexual pleasure obtained from receiving punishment (physical or psychological) 

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masochism [(mas-uh-kiz-uhm)]

Abnormal behavior characterized by deriving sexual gratification from being subjected to pain. More loosely, masochism refers to deriving any pleasure from experiencing pain. (Compare sadism.)


[Chapter:] Anthropology, Psychology, and Sociology


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