1: a sexual perversion characterized by pleasure in being subjected to pain or humiliation especially by a love object â compare this to sadism
2: pleasure in being abused or dominated : a taste for suffering
mas·och·ist - noun
mas·och·is·tic - adjective
mas·och·is·ti·cal·ly - adverb
Origin of MASOCHISM:
International Scientific Vocabulary, from Leopold von Sacher-Masoch â 1895 German novelist
First Known Use: 1892
As he beat me further and further into blissful bruises I realised I was a masochist.
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