noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from Leopold von Sacher-Masoch died 1895 German novelist Date: 1892 a sexual perversion characterized by pleasure in being subjected to pain or humiliation especially by a love object, pleasure in being abused or dominated ; a taste for suffering, masochist noun masochistic adjective masochistically adverb
MASOCHISM
Meaning of MASOCHISM in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012