9 Letter Words for Masochism
machismos, machoisms, masochism
8 Letter Words for Masochism
acosmism, chamisos, isochasm, machismo, machoism, shamosim
7 Letter Words for Masochism
chamiso, chamois, chiasms, cosmism, mimosas, mismosh, mosaics, mosaism, schisma, shammos, shamois
6 Letter Words for Masochism
aosmic, camois, camosh, camsho, chasms, chiasm, comism, commas, commis, machos, maoism, miasms, mimosa, mochas, mohism, momish, mosaic, oshacs, osmics, schism, shamos, sisham
5 Letter Words for Masochism
amish, amiss, ammos, assoc, camis, camos, chais, chamm, chams, chaos, chasm, chass, chiao, chias, chimo, chios, ciaos, comas, comma, icasm, imams, machi, macho, machs, maims, mashi, miasm, micah, micas, micos, misos, missa, mocha, mochs, oasis, ohias, ohmic, oshac, osmic, ossia, saics, saims, scams, schmo, scomm, shams, shims, simas, smash, smich, socas, somas, somma
4 Letter Words for Masochism
aims, amic, amis, ammi, ammo, amos, asci, asio, assi, cami, camo, cams, cash, cass, chai, cham, chao, chas, chia, chis, ciao, cima, coma, comm, coms, cosh, coss, hami, hams, hics, hims, hiss, hoas, hoss, icao, icho, ichs, imam, iocs, isms, isos, mach, maco, macs, maim, mamo, mams, maoi, masc, mash, mass, mhos, mias, mica, mico, mics, mima, misc, miso, miss, moas, moca, moch, mocs, moha, momi, moms, mosh, moss, ocas, ochs, ohia, ohms, osha, ossa, saco, sacs, saic, saim, sais, samh, sami, sash, scam, scho, scsi, sham, shia, shim, shmo, siam, sich, sics, sima, sims, sish, soam, soca, socs, soma, soms, sosh
3 Letter Words for Masochism
ach, ahi, aho, ahs, aim, ais, ami, ash, ass, cai, cam, cha, chi, chm, cho, chs, cia, cis, com, cos, csi, ham, hao, has, hia, hic, him, his, hmm, hmo, hoa, hoc, hoi, hom, hos, iao, ich, ihs, imo, ios, ish, ism, iso, mac, mam, mao, mas, mho, mia, mic, mim, mis, moa, moc, moi, mom, mos, msh, mss, oam, oas, oca, och, ohm, ohs, ois, oms, osi, sac, sah, sai, sam, sao, sch, sci, sha, shi, sho, sic, sim, sis, sma, soc, som, ssh
Definitions for Masochism
[1] Psychiatry . the condition in which sexual gratification depends on suffering physical pain or humiliation.
[2] 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.
[3] the act of turning one's destructive tendencies inward or upon oneself.
[4] the tendency to find pleasure in self-denial, submissiveness, etc.
[5] psychiatry an abnormal condition in which pleasure, esp sexual pleasure, is derived from pain or from humiliation, domination, etc, by another person
[6] psychoanal the directing towards oneself of any destructive tendencies
[7] a tendency to take pleasure from one's own suffering Compare sadism
Words related to Masochism
flagellation
Words nearby Masochism
masking piece, masking tape, maskinonge, maslin, maslow, masochism, masochist, masochistic, masochistic personality, mason, mason bee
Origin of Masochism
1890–95; named after L. von Sacher-Masoch, who described it; see -ism
Other words from Masochism
mas·och·ist , noun
mas′ och•ist n.
mas′och•is′ tic adj.
Word origin for Masochism
C19: named after Leopold von Sacher Masoch (1836–95), Austrian novelist, who described it
Synonyms for Masochism
flagellation
