masochismnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈmæs.ə.kɪ.zəm/us/ˈmæs.ə.kɪ.zəm/psychology the activity of getting sexual pleasure from being hurt or controlled by another person
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sadism
informal the enjoyment of an activity or situation that most people would find very unpleasant:
I reckon you need to be into masochism to run marathons.
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sadism
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Taking pleasure in something
- bask
- bask in sth
- bask/bathe in reflected glory idiom
- be a glutton for punishment idiom
- be a great one for sth idiom
- drool
- ecstasy
- glory
- glutton
- have a ball idiom
- have a field day idiom
- have a rare old time idiom
- hedonic
- lap
- revel
- revel in sth
- ride (on) a wave of sth idiom
- self-indulgent
- slake
- soak
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masochist
noun [ C ] uk/ˈmæs.ə.kɪst/us/ˈmæs.ə.kɪst/
masochistic
adjective uk/ˌmæs.əˈkɪs.tɪk/us/ˌmæs.əˈkɪs.tɪk/
masochistic behaviour/pleasure/fantasies