masochist
ə noun
1.
2.
a person who is gratified by pain, degradation, etc., that is self-imposed or imposed by others.
3.
a person who finds pleasure in self-denial, submissiveness, etc.
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masochism (ˈmæsəˌkɪzəm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | psychiatry an abnormal condition in which pleasure, esp sexual pleasure, is derived from pain or from humiliation, domination, etc, by another person |
| 2. | psychoanal the directing towards oneself of any destructive tendencies |
| 3. | Compare sadism a tendency to take pleasure from one's own suffering |
| [C19: named after Leopold von Sacher Masoch (1836--95), Austrian novelist, who described it] | |
| 'masochist | |
| —n, —adj | |
| maso'chistic | |
| —adj | |
| maso'chistically | |
| —adv | |
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