sadomasochism

noun

interaction, especially sexual activity, in which one person enjoys inflicting physical or mental suffering on another person, who derives pleasure from experiencing pain.

gratification, especially sexual, gained through inflicting or receiving pain; sadism and masochism combined. Abbreviation: S-M, S and M

Origin:
1930–35; sad- (see sadism) + -o- + masochism

Related forms

sa·do·mas·o·chist, noun, adjective

sa·do·mas·o·chis·tic, adjective

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sadomasochism (ˌseɪdəʊˈmæsəˌkɪzəm, ˌsædəʊ-)

—n
1.	the combination of sadistic and masochistic elements in one person, characterized by both aggressive and submissive periods in relationships with others
2.	sadism Compare masochism SM, Abbreviation: S & M sexual practice in which one partner adopts a sadistic role and the other a masochistic one

sadomaso'chistic

—*adj*

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sadomasochism sa·do·mas·o·chism (sā'dō-mās'ə-kĭz'əm, sād'ō-)
n.
The perversion of deriving pleasure, especially sexual pleasure, from simultaneous sadism and masochism.

sa'do·mas'o·chist n.
sa'do·mas'o·chis'tic adj.

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"Sadomasochism has always been the furthest reach of the sexual experience: when sex becomes most purely sexual, that is, severed from personhood, from relationships, from love. It should not be surprising that it has become attached to Nazi symbolism in recent years. Never before was the relation of masters and slaves so consciously aestheticized. Sade had to make up his theater of punishment and delight from scratch, improvising the decor and costumes and blasphemous rites. Now there is a master scenario available to everyone. The color is black, the material is leather, the seduction is beauty, the justification is honesty, the aim is ecstasy, the fantasy is death."

-Susan Sontag

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