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masochism

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
masochism /ˈmasəkɪz(ə)m/

▶noun the tendency to derive pleasure, especially sexual gratification, from one's own pain or humiliation.

– derivatives
masochist noun,
masochistic adjective,
masochistically adverb.

– origin C19: named after Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, the Austrian novelist who described it, + -ism.

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