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mas·och·ism

(măs′ə-kĭz′əm)

1. The deriving of sexual gratification from fantasies or acts that involve being made to suffer physical or mental pain. Also called sexual masochism.

2. The deriving of pleasure from being humiliated or mistreated, either by another or by oneself.

3. A willingness or tendency to subject oneself to unpleasant or trying experiences.

[After Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (1836-1895), Austrian novelist .]

mas′och·ist n.

mas′och·is′tic adj.

mas′och·is′ti·cal·ly adv.

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Adj.

masochistic - deriving pleasure or sexual gratification from being abused or dominated

sadistic - deriving pleasure or sexual gratification from inflicting pain on another

Translations

masochistisch

masochistic

[ˌmæsəʊˈkɪstɪk] ADJ → masoquista

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

masochistic

[ˌmæsəˈkɪstɪk] adj → masochiste
his masochistic tendencies → ses tendances masochistes

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

masochistic

adj → masochistisch

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

masochistic

[ˌmæsəʊˈkɪstɪk] adj → masochistico/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

masochistic

adj masoquista

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