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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mas•och•ism /ˈmæsəˌkɪzəm, ˈmæz-/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Psychiatrya psychological disorder in which sexual pleasure is derived from pain.
- Psychiatrythe tendency to find pleasure in submissiveness, etc.
mas•och•ist, n. [countable] mas•och•is•tic, adj. mas•och•is•ti•cal•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mas•och•ism (mas′ə kiz′əm, maz′-),USA pronunciation n. - Psychiatrythe condition in which sexual gratification depends on suffering, physical pain, and humiliation.
- Psychiatrygratification gained from pain, deprivation, degradation, etc., inflicted or imposed on oneself, either as a result of one's own actions or the actions of others, esp. the tendency to seek this form of gratification.
- Psychiatrythe act of turning one's destructive tendencies inward or upon oneself.
- Psychiatrythe tendency to find pleasure in self-denial, submissiveness, etc.
- 1890–95; named after Latin. von Sacher-Masoch, who described it; see -ism
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: masochism /ˈmæsəˌkɪzəm/ n - an abnormal condition in which pleasure, esp sexual pleasure, is derived from pain or from humiliation, domination, etc, by another person
- a tendency to take pleasure from one's own suffering
Compare sadism
Etymology: 19th Century: named after Leopold von Sacher Masoch (1836–95), Austrian novelist, who described itˈmasochist n , adj ˌmasoˈchistic adj ˌmasoˈchistically adv |