transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈmæzəkɪzm ]
n. 1 a form of (esp. sexual) perversion characterized by gratification derived from one's own pain or humiliation (cf. SADISM). 2 colloq. the enjoyment of what appears to be painful or tiresome. øømasochist n. masochistic adj. masochistically adv. [L. von Sacher- Masoch, Austrian novelist d. 1895, who described cases of it]