[mas.och.ism] n [ISV, fr. Leopold von Sacher-Masoch d. 1895 Ger. novelist] (ca. 1893) 1: a sexual perversion characterized by pleasure in being subjected to pain or humiliation esp. by a love object--compare sadism
2: pleasure in being abused or dominated: a taste for suffering -- mas.och.ist n -- mas.och.is.tic adj -- mas.och.is.ti.cal.ly adv