masochism

English

WOTD – 11 September 2010

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæs.ə.kɪ.zəm/, /ˈmæz.ə.kɪ.zəm/

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Noun

masochism (countable and uncountable, plural masochisms)

1. The enjoyment of receiving pain or humiliation.

Synonyms

• algophilia

Antonyms

• sadism

Derived terms

• masochist
• masochistic
• sadomasochism

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)
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• 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