masochism
noun/ˈmæsəkɪzəm/
/ˈmæsəkɪzəm/
[uncountable]- the practice of getting sexual pleasure from being hurt or controlled by somebody else compare sadismOxford Collocations Dictionary… of masochism
- act
- a form of masochism
- a kind of masochism
- (informal) pleasure in something that most people would find unpleasant or painful
- You spent the whole weekend in a tent in the rain? That's masochism!
Oxford Collocations Dictionary… of masochism- act
- a form of masochism
- a kind of masochism
Word Originlate 19th cent.: named after Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (1835–95), the Austrian novelist who described it + -ism.
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