masochism
受虐狂,受虐症,受虐癖,受虐倾向
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Definitions
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- : Psychiatry. the condition in which sexual gratification depends on suffering physical pain or humiliation.
- : gratification gained from pain, deprivation, degradation, etc., inflicted or imposed on oneself, either as a result of one's own actions or the actions of others, especially the tendency to seek this form of gratification.
- : the act of turning one's destructive tendencies inward or upon oneself.
- : the tendency to find pleasure in self-denial, submissiveness, etc.
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Examples
If a person deliberately engages with pain, not because they like the sensation of pain but because they like the sensations that come when the pain ends, I think that qualifies as a flavor of masochism.
He is the academic father of the theory of benign masochism.
If you would prefer to skip this exercise in masochism, we completely understand.
Some might lack the fortitude—or masochism—required to endure a grueling campaign (Rubio).
The willing masochism of being an England supporter is innate.
(Haaretz) Bennett says anti-leftist-NGO bill doesn't go far enough - 'This masochism has to stop,' says Habayit Hayehudi leader.
This summer, in an act of literary masochism, I read not one but two books about Marco Rubio.
The extension of the masochism-explains-all theory is that there is joy in all of this (well maybe not for Cubs fans).
Perhaps the phenomenon is allied to masochism, since anxiety is to a certain extent painful.
It may be that the actual advertiser is on the lookout for the energetic instructress; here we have to do with masochism.
I suspect that under many of our professed principles there lurk elements of unconscious sadism and masochism.