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Masochism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The (often sexual) enjoyment of receiving pain or humiliation. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    sexual pleasure obtained from receiving punishment (physical or psychological) wordnet

Etymology

From German Masochismus, coined alongside Sadismus in 1886 by Richard von Krafft-Ebing in his book Psychopathia Sexualis. Named after Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, whose novel "Venus in Furs" explores a sadomasochistic relationship, + -ism.

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