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masochism

masochism

English

Noun

masochism ‎(countable and uncountable, plural masochisms)

the enjoyment of receiving pain

Synonyms

algophilia

Antonyms

(the enjoyment of giving pain): sadism

Derived terms

Translations

the enjoyment of receiving pain

Armenian: մազոխիզմ (hy) ‎(mazoxizm)
Catalan: masoquisme (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 性受虐狂 ‎(xìngshòunüèkuáng), 受虐狂 ‎(shòunüèkuáng), 受虐癖 ‎(shòunüèpǐ)
Czech: masochismus m
Dutch: masochisme (nl) n
Esperanto: masoĥismo
Finnish: masokismi (fi)
French: masochisme (fr) m
German: Masochismus (de) m
Greek: μαζοχισμός (el) m ‎(mazochismós)

Hungarian: mazochizmus (hu)
Italian: masochismo (it)
Japanese: マゾヒズム ‎(mazohizumu)
Malay: kemasokisan, masokisme
Norwegian: masokisme m
Persian: مازوخيسم (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
Turkish: mazoşizm (tr), mazoşistlik, özezerlik (tr)

See also

sadism