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Algolagnia

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Sexual gratification derived from inflicting or experiencing pain.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A physical condition that causes a person to gain sexual pleasure by suffering pain, particularly to erogenous zones.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. sexual pleasure derived from inflicting or experiencing pain

Word Usage

"Other authors prefer the narrower term algolagnia which emphasizes the pleasure in pain and cruelty, whereas the terms selected by v. Krafft-Ebing place the pleasure secured in all kinds of humility and submission in the foreground."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

sexual pleasure

Cross Reference

mastigophoric

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

sadomasochism

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

foot-fetichism noes' sadomasochism erotomania traumatism