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单词 masochism
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masochismn.

Brit. /ˈmasəkɪz(ə)m/, /ˈmazəkɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈmæzəˌkɪzəm/, /ˈmæsəˌkɪzəm/
Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Masochismus.
Etymology: < German Masochismus (R. von Krafft-Ebing 1890, in Wiener Med. Blätter 13 817/1, and in Neue Forschungen auf dem Gebiet der Psychopathia Sexualis (1890) i. 2) < the name of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch , Austrian writer of fiction (1836–95), in several of whose stories sexual pleasure is derived from pain + -ismus -ism suffix, probably after French sadisme sadism n. Compare French masochisme (1896).
The urge to derive pleasure, esp. sexual gratification, from one's own pain or humiliation; the pursuit of such pleasure. Also in weakened sense: deliberate pursuit of or enthusiasm for an activity that appears to be painful, frustrating, or tedious. Cf. sadism n., sadomasochism n.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > types of sexual behaviour > [noun] > sadism or masochism
sadism1818
masochism1892
algolagnia1893
heterosexuality1898
sadomasochism1919
S and M1965
D and S1990
1892 C. G. Chaddock tr. R. von Krafft-Ebing Psychopathia Sexualis iii. 89 By masochism I understand a peculiar perversion of the psychical vita sexualis, in which the individual affected, in sexual feeling and thought, is controlled by the idea of being completely and unconditionally subject to the will of a person of the opposite sex; of being treated by this person as by a master,—humiliated and abused.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 196 [Group iii] with predominant perversion of moral and sexual nature (for example, moral insanity, uranism, masochism, etc.).
1921 R. C. Benchley Of All Things xix. 181 It contains five hundred pages of mental masochism, in which the author tortures himself for not getting anywhere in his brain processes.
1930 W. R. Inge Christian Ethics iii. 109 Modern psychology has invented the word masochism for that perversion of the sex-instinct which takes the form of self-torture.
1958 Times 9 Aug. 7/7 Strange though the urgent masochism of the milk round may seem, that is how the great majority of Americans still see us.
1974 Listener 21 Nov. 679 That Johnson's masochism did not stop at fantasy seems to be indicated by..entries in Mrs Thrale's diary.
1992 Outdoor Action (BNC) July 15 There's plenty to do close at hand when the weather turns moorland expeditions into exercises in masochism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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