masoquismo
Portuguese
Etymology
Masoch ((deprecated template usage) [etyl] German name of Austrian writer Leopold von Sacher-Masoch) + -ismo
Noun
masoquismo m (plural masoquismos)
- masochism (the enjoyment of receiving pain)
Spanish
Etymology
Coined in (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German as Masochismus by neurologist Richard von Krafft-Ebing, from the name of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, an Austrian writer whose novella Venus in Furs (German: Venus im Pelz) explores a sadomasochistic relationship.
Pronunciation
Noun
masoquismo m (plural masoquismos)