by Awstenswig October 17, 2020

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 9, 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 5, 2003

by MamaFish November 10, 2018
