mas‧o‧chis‧m /ˈmæsəkɪzəm/ noun [uncountable]
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (1836-95), Austrian writer who described such sexual behavior]

1. sexual behaviour in which someone gains pleasure from being hurt or punished ⇒ sadism, sado-masochism

2. behaviour that makes it seem that someone wants to suffer or have problems:
Unconscious masochism seemed to drive her from one disaster to the next.
—masochist noun [countable]
—masochistic /ˌmæsəˈkɪstɪk◂/ adjective:
masochistic behavior
—masochistically /-kli/ adverb

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masochism
noun
ADJ. pure, sheer
QUANT. streak, touch There's a streak of masochism in his personality.
PHRASES a form of masochism

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