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Masochismus
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masochismus
German
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Etymology
de Masoch ismus, the former named after Austrian novelist Leopold von Sacher-Masoch. en Masoch may be a Germanized form of a lost de sla - placename, as Poland and Ukraine used to be part of the Austro-Hungarian empire.
Pronunciation
de [mazoˈxɪsmʊs]
de De-Masochismus.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de ɪsmʊs 4
de Ma so chis mus
Noun
m.sg
de psychology strictly masochism sexual enjoyment of receiving pain or humiliation
de loosely masochism joyful wallowing in pain or hardship
de Selbstquälerei
Declension
m.sg
Descendants
it masochismo 1
Further reading
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