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Masochism   /mˈæsəkɪzəm/   Listen
Masochism

noun
1.
Sexual pleasure obtained from receiving punishment (physical or psychological).



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sadomasochism


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"Masochism" Quotes from Famous Books



... have almost a monopoly of certain of the subtler and more utile forms of intelligence. The thing itself, indeed, might be reasonably described as a special feminine character; there is in it, in more than one of its manifestations, a femaleness as palpable as the femaleness of cruelty, masochism or rouge. Men are strong. Men are brave in physical combat. Men have sentiment. Men are romantic, and love what they conceive to be virtue and beauty. Men incline to faith, hope and charity. Men know how to sweat and endure. Men are amiable and fond. But in so far as they show ...
— In Defense of Women • H. L. Mencken


Words linked to "Masochism" :   masochistic, sadomasochism, sexual pleasure, masochist


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