MASOCHISM


Meaning of MASOCHISM in English

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

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