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单词 algolagnia
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algolagnian.

Brit. /ˌalɡə(ʊ)ˈlaɡnɪə/, U.S. /ˌælɡoʊˈlæɡniə/
Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Algolagnie.
Etymology: < German Algolagnie ( A. von Schrenck-Notzing Suggestions-Therapie (1892) iii vii. 125 (compare quot. 1895); < ancient Greek ἄλγος pain (see -algia comb. form) + λαγνεία lust: see below), with remodelling of the ending after -ia suffix1.Ancient Greek λαγνεία is < λάγνος lustful ( < the stem of λαγαίειν to release (ultimately < the same Indo-European base as slack adj.) + -νος , suffix forming adjectives) + -εία -y suffix3.
The practice of deriving pleasure, esp. sexual pleasure, from pain inflicted on oneself or others; the urge or tendency to derive pleasure in this way. Cf. sadomasochism n.Often divided into active and passive algolagnia, corresponding to sadism and masochism respectively.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > types of sexual behaviour > [noun] > sadism or masochism
sadism1818
masochism1892
algolagnia1893
heterosexuality1898
sadomasochism1919
S and M1965
D and S1990
1893 Philos. Rev. 2 249 The author [sc. von Schrenck-Notzing] proposes the terms ‘active algolagnia’ for Sadism, and ‘passive algolagnia’ for Masochism.
1895 C. G. Chaddock tr. A. P. F. von Schrenck-Notzing Therapeutic Suggestion vii. 121 While algolagnia would designate the combination of cruelty and lust as a special variety of sexual perversion, active algolagnia would signify sadism, and passive algolagnia masochism.
1916 H. Northcote Christianity & Sex Probl. (ed. 2) xx. 304 Forms of sport that do the killing quickly are less open to objection, at any rate in connection with algolagnia.
1949 H. Hare Swinburne vi. 126 This active sadism is expressed over and over again throughout Poems and Ballads... The algolagnia is carried to the last extreme.
1969 Listener 6 Mar. 319/1 The Theatre-of-Cruelty boys argue that they're performing a liberating service by exploring the roots of algolagnia in all of us.
1994 Interzone Aug. 58/1 A sort of pornography for those whose inclination is more towards algolagnia than fornication.

Derivatives

algoˈlagniac n. a person who practises algolagnia, a sadomasochist.
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1906 H. Northcote Christianity & Sex Probl. xvi. 196 Either society must insist on the algolagniac himself acquiring control over his abnormal inclination; or where that is impracticable, society itself must exercise that control.
1976 New Yorker 29 Mar. 61/2 Readings in continental decadent literature of the fin de siècle: among others,..some algolagniacs from Denmark.
2004 S. L. Hamelman But is it Garbage? xxxi. 166 A probable drug addict, and a definite algolagniac.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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