Meaning

2 senses
  1. Someone who enjoys pain or humiliation, or who derives pleasure from harming oneself or being harmed by others.

    Masochist, Masochistin

    мазохи́стmazoxíst

    someone who obtains pleasure from receiving punishment

  2. (colloquial, slang)Someone who puts up with teasing.

Examples

9 sentences
  1. I'm a masochist.

    Я мазохіст. — Ahha

    ruЯ мазохист. — marafon

    deIch bin ein Masochist. — Esperantostern

  2. At night, he becomes a masochist.

    Уночі він стає мазохістом. — Ahha

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  3. A sadist likes inflicting pain; a masochist, receiving it.

    Садист любить завдавати болю; мазохіст — отримувати його. — Ahha

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  4. A sadist is always at the same time a masochist.

    Садист завжди одночасно й мазохіст. — deniko

  5. Hell would be paradise for a masochist.

    ruАд был бы раем для мазохиста. — Wezel

    deDie Hölle wäre für einen Masochisten das Paradies. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
someone who enjoys pain or humiliation:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
someone who enjoys pain or humiliation:

Origin

Leopold von Sacher-Masoch + -ist. Coined by Richard von Krafft-Ebing and popularized by Fr

Leopold von Sacher-Masoch + -ist. Coined by Richard von Krafft-Ebing and popularized by Freud in relation to sadomasochism.

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Forms

plural: masochists
Singularmasochist
Pluralmasochists

regular

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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