masochism

English

WOTD – 11 September 2010

Etymology

From German Masochismus, coined alongside Sadismus in 1886 by Richard von Krafft-Ebing in his book Psychopathia Sexualis. Named after Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, whose novel "Venus in Furs" explores a sadomasochistic relationship, +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

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

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Noun

masochism (countable and uncountable, plural masochisms)

1. The (often sexual) enjoyment of receiving pain or humiliation.

Synonyms

• algophilia

Antonyms

• sadism

Derived terms

• masochist
• masochistic
• sadomasochism

Translations

the enjoyment of receiving pain or humiliation

• Arabic: مَاسُوشِيَّة f (māsūšiyya), مَازُوخِيَّة f (māzūḵiyya), مَازُوكِيَّة f (māzūkiyya), خُضُوعِيَّة f (ḵuḍūʕiyya)
• Armenian: մազոխիզմ (hy) (mazoxizm)
• Asturian: masoquismu
• Belarusian: мазахі́зм m (mazaxízm)
• Catalan: masoquisme (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 性受虐狂 (zh) (xìngshòunüèkuáng), 受虐狂 (zh) (shòunüèkuáng), 受虐癖 (shòunüèpǐ)

• Czech: masochismus (cs) m
• Danish: masochisme c
• Dutch: masochisme (nl) n
• Esperanto: masoĥismo
• Estonian: masohhism
• Finnish: masokismi (fi)
• French: masochisme (fr) m
• Georgian: მაზოხიზმი (mazoxizmi)
• German: Masochismus (de) m
• Greek: μαζοχισμός (el) m (mazochismós)
• Hindi: स्वपीड़न (svapīṛan), स्वपीड़न रति (svapīṛan rati)
• Hungarian: mazochizmus (hu)
• Indonesian: masokhisme (id)
• Italian: masochismo (it)
• Japanese: マゾヒズム (ja) (mazohizumu)
• Latvian: mazohisms
• 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
• Tagalog: masokismo
• Turkish: mazoşizm (tr), mazoşistlik, özezerlik (tr)
• Ukrainian: мазохі́зм m (mazoxízm)

See also

• sadism

Anagrams

• machismos, machoisms

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French masochisme.

Noun

masochism n (uncountable)

1. masochism

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	masochism	masochismul
genitive-dative	masochism	masochismului
vocative	masochismule

Related terms

• masochist

Swedish

Noun

masochism c

1. masochism

Declension

Declension of masochism

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	masochism	masochisms
	definite	masochismen	masochismens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Derived terms

• sadomasochism (“sadomasochism”)

Related terms

• masochist (“masochist”)
• masochistisk (“masochistic”)

See also

• sadism (“sadism”)

References

• masochism in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• masochism in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• masochism in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH
• Fula Ordboken