flagellomanian.
/ˌfladʒələʊˈmeɪnɪə/ Enthusiasm for flogging.
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society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > beating > inclination or enthusiasm for
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flagellomania1895
1895 G. B. Shaw in Daily Chron. 24 Feb. 8/5 Flagellomania has been victorious by seven votes to five on the Industrial Schools Committee.
Derivatives
ˌflagelloˈmaniac n. and adj. (one who is) enthusiastically in favour of flogging.
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society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > one who advocates
flagellomaniac1899
society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [adjective] > in favour of
flagellomaniac1899
1899 G. B. Shaw in Humanity May 136/2 The male flagellomaniac—who is sometimes, unfortunately, a judge—craves intensely for the flogging of women.
1908 Humanitarian Sept. 66/2 We are constantly assured by the flagellomaniac section of the Press that crime is ‘stamped out’ by the ‘cat’.
1917 G. B. Shaw in New Republic 6 Jan. Any newspaper can get up a flagellomaniac garotting scare.
1952 R. Hughes Swinburne's Lesbia Brandon 553 It is not mere flagellation in the void,..as is usually the case with flagellomaniacs.
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