1: a sexual perversion characterized by pleasure in being subjected to pain or humiliation especially by a love object — compare this to sadism
2: pleasure in being abused or dominated : a taste for suffering
mas·och·ist - noun
mas·och·is·tic - adjective
mas·och·is·ti·cal·ly - adverb
Origin of MASOCHISM:
International Scientific Vocabulary, from Leopold von Sacher-Masoch †1895 German novelist
First Known Use: 1892
2: pleasure in being abused or dominated : a taste for suffering
mas·och·ist - noun
mas·och·is·tic - adjective
mas·och·is·ti·cal·ly - adverb
Origin of MASOCHISM:
International Scientific Vocabulary, from Leopold von Sacher-Masoch †1895 German novelist
First Known Use: 1892
by jba982 March 09, 2011

by Livvy August 16, 2003

a person who enjoys recieving pain. It is quite possible for a person to be masochistic without being submissive, and to be masochistic without being masochistic. It is also possible to be a masochist AND a sadist.
by calamity December 05, 2003

Adjective describing someone whose actions illustrate their desire to inflict pain and suffering upon themselves.
Someone who enjoys causing their own suffering.
Someone who enjoys causing their own suffering.
"And so the lion fell in love with the lamb..."
"What a stupid lamb" I sighed
"What a sick, masochistic lion."
"What a stupid lamb" I sighed
"What a sick, masochistic lion."
by colddeadandsparklyy December 20, 2008

by MamaFish November 10, 2018

One who recieves pleasure (usually sexual) from being physically tortured or otherwise inflicted with pain, or humiliation. (a person who is masochistic is not necessarily a submissive, they don't go hand in hand)
by Dezmene May 23, 2006
