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Meanings of masochism in English

Russian
мазохисты
Portuguese
masoquismo
Spanish
masoquismo
Catalan
masoquisme
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Paraphilia in which a subject derives gratification from receiving pain.

мазохисты
Usage of masochism in English
1
Some people have criticized you, what's the difference between this and masochism?
The new yorker
2
Is there no limit to the masochism of us Irish rugby supporters?
The Irish Times
3
His allies were as disenchanted with his growing paranoia and geopolitical sado-masochism.
After the Rain : how the West lost the East
4
In good old Colonial Dunsboro, masochism is a valuable job skill.
Choke
5
It's popularity surprises me, considering how painful crack-climbing masochism can be.
Rock and Ice Magazine
6
Anyone can smell that heavy musk of masochism which he exudes.
A Confederacy of Dunces
7
I wondered if I had a latent tendency toward masochism.
Gulf coast girl: original title, scorpion reef
8
It seemed like bravery to me before, but now it seems more like masochism.
Divergent
9
Enduring it three times in a week is masochism.
The Irish Times
10
In a thymo-centric, tendencies to homosexuality and masochism appear.
The Glands Regulating Personality / A Study of the Glands of Int...
11
In fact, he analyses his career with relentless masochism.
The Guardian
12
It could have been about sado-masochism, or equally torture.
The Guardian
13
Their casual masochism toward turbulence is to be expected.
Wired
14
Helen Pidd James Cracknell is no stranger to masochism.
The Guardian
15
His intensity reflected a kind of masochism, a self-flagellation, a ripping at one's own flesh.
Rising tide: the great mississippi flood of 1927 and how it chan...
16
There's bravery and then there's masochism, and the line got a little hazy with him.
Allegiant
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Portuguese
masoquismo
Spanish
masoquismo
Catalan
masoquisme
Masochism through the time