masochism

English

WOTD – 11 September 2010

Etymology

Named after Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, whose novel "Venus in Furs" explores a sadomasochistic relationship, +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈmæs.ə.kɪ.zəm/, /ˈmæz.ə.kɪ.zəm/
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Noun

masochism (countable and uncountable, plural masochisms)

The enjoyment of receiving pain or humiliation.

Synonyms

algophilia

Antonyms

sadism

Derived terms

Translations

the enjoyment of receiving pain or humiliation

Armenian: մազոխիզմ (hy) (mazoxizm)
Catalan: masoquisme (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 性受虐狂 (xìngshòunüèkuáng), 受虐狂 (shòunüèkuáng), 受虐癖 (shòunüèpǐ)
Czech: masochismus m
Dutch: masochisme (nl) n
Esperanto: masoĥismo
Finnish: masokismi (fi)
French: masochisme (fr) m
German: Masochismus (de) m
Greek: μαζοχισμός (el) m (mazochismós)
Hungarian: mazochizmus (hu)

Italian: masochismo (it)
Japanese: マゾヒズム (mazohizumu)
Malay: kemasokisan, masokisme
Norwegian: masokisme m
Persian: مازوخیسم‎ (fa) (mâzoxism)
Polish: masochizm (pl) m
Portuguese: masoquismo (pt) m
Russian: мазохи́зм (ru) m (mazoxízm)
Serbo-Croatian: mazohizam (sh) m
Spanish: masoquismo (es) m
Swedish: masochism (sv) c
Turkish: mazoşizm (tr), mazoşistlik, özezerlik (tr)

See also

sadism

Anagrams

machismos, machoisms

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