Definition of Masochistic

1. Adjective. Deriving pleasure or sexual gratification from being abused or dominated.

Derivative terms: Masochism
Antonyms: Sadistic

Definition of Masochistic

1. Adjective. Deriving pleasure from abuse, being punished, or dominated. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Masochistic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Masochistic

maskinonge
maskinonges
maskirovka
maskless
masklike
masklike face
masks
maslach
maslimomab
maslin
maslins
maslovite
mason
mason's level
mason's lung
mason's trowel
mason-pfiser monkey virus
mason bee
mason shell
mason wasp
mason wasps
masonary
masoned

Literary usage of Masochistic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Psychopathia Sexualis, with Especial Reference to the Antipathic Sexual by Richard Krafft-Ebing (1922)
"Under the latter circumstances, however, I am not always potent, while, with masochistic ideas, my virility is perfect. It does not seem superfluous to add ..."

2. Psychoanalysis and Love by André Tridon (1922)
"Many neurotics of the masochistic type have dreams of being school children ... Masochistic Fancies. The male masochist, eager to place himself in the ..."

3. The Adolescent Girl: A Study from the Psychoanalytic Viewpoint by Phyllis Mary Blanchard (1920)
"... Dream-life of adolescent girls:—Symbolic dreams, sexual dreams; The masochistic tendency; Self-analyses of some adolescent girls: Sexual life, ..."

4. Psychopathia Sexualis: With Especial Reference to the Antipathic Sexual by Richard Krafft-Ebing (1906)
"Under the latter circumstances, however, I am not always potent, while, with masochistic ideas, my virility is perfect. It does not seem superfluous to add ..."

5. Medicolegal Aspects of Moral Offenses by Léon Henri Thoinot, Arthur Wisswald Weysse (1911)
"Their ideal masochistic fictions, that is to say, the masochistic scenes their ... If the orgasm is not complete through the mere fact of the masochistic ..."

6. Studies in the Psychology of Sex by Havelock Ellis (1913)
"venerable philosopher on all fours ridden by a woman, with a whip.1 In classic times various masochistic phenomena are noted with approval by Ovid. ..."

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