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Masochism(health)
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masochism(encyclopedia)
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sado-masochism(dictionary)

masochism (oh)



[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: Leopold von Sacher- Masoch (1836-95), Austrian writer who described such sexual behavior]
sexual behaviour in which someone gains pleasure from being hurt or punished
-see also sadism sadism, sado-masochism sado-masochism
behaviour that makes it seem that someone wants to suffer or have problems
::Unconscious masochism seemed to drive her from one disaster to the next.
-- masochist n [C]
-- masochistic /7mAsE5kIstIk/ adj
::masochistic behavior
-- masochistically /-kli/ adv