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Masochism

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

n. The deriving of sexual gratification, or the tendency to derive sexual gratification, from being physically or emotionally abused.

n. The deriving of pleasure, or the tendency to derive pleasure, from being humiliated or mistreated, either by another or by oneself.

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

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. the enjoyment of receiving pain

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A form of sexual perversion in which the victim craves, and takes pleasure in, physical abuse from one of the other sex: the opposite of sadism.

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

n. sexual pleasure obtained from receiving punishment (physical or psychological)

Word Usage

"I don't think masochism is quite the word I'd use for Twilight, but I think both Bella and Edward are dislikable characters; Bella's weak and Edward's just plain unfriendly."

Antonym

sadism

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

sexual pleasure

Hyponym

sadomasochism

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

frotteurism exhibitionism sadism pederasty algolagnia