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I'm not a masochistic reader. If something is just too dense or not enjoyable, even though I'm told it should be good for me, I'll put it down. That said, most of what I read would be considered high-end or good for you, I suppose. But, I also think that reading should be enjoyable.
Josh Radnor

Meaning of "masochistic" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MASOCHISTIC

masochistic  [ˌmæsəˈkɪstɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MASOCHISTIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Masochistic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MASOCHISTIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

masochistic

Sadomasochism

Sadomasochism is the giving or receiving of pleasure—sometimes sexual—from acts involving the infliction or reception of pain or humiliation. A subset of BDSM, practitioners of sadomasochism usually seek out sexual gratification from these acts, but can also seek out other forms of personal pleasure. While the terms sadist and masochist specifically refer to one who either enjoys giving pain, or one who enjoys receiving pain, many practitioners of sadomasochism describe, as can be found with the enjoyment of the experience in other fields of personal gratification activity, can have a spectrum or an activity switch, from someone being 100% active to 100% passive. The abbreviation S&M is often used for sadomasochism, although practitioners themselves normally remove the ampersand and use the acronym SM or S/M. Sadomasochism is not considered a clinical paraphilia unless such practices lead to clinically significant distress or impairment for a diagnosis. Similarly, sexual sadism within the context of mutual consent should not be mistaken for acts of sexual violence or aggression.

Definition of masochistic in the English dictionary

The first definition of masochistic in the dictionary is of or relating to behaviour in which someone gets sexual pleasure from their own pain or suffering. Other definition of masochistic is of or characteristic of the direction towards oneself of any destructive tendencies; self-destructive. Masochistic is also of or relating to the tendency to take pleasure from one's own suffering.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MASOCHISTIC


anachronistic
əˌnækrəˈnɪstɪk
anarchistic
ˌænəˈkɪstɪk
artistic
ɑːˈtɪstɪk
ballistic
bəˈlɪstɪk
catechistic
ˌkætɪˈkɪstɪk
characteristic
ˌkærɪktəˈrɪstɪk
ekistic
ɪˈkɪstɪk
futuristic
ˌfjuːtʃəˈrɪstɪk
holistic
həʊˈlɪstɪk
linguistic
lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪk
logistic
lɒˈdʒɪstɪk
monarchistic
ˌmɒnəˈkɪstɪk
mystic
ˈmɪstɪk
optimistic
ˌɒptɪˈmɪstɪk
panpsychistic
ˌpænsaɪˈkɪstɪk
polycystic
ˌpɒlɪˈsɪstɪk
realistic
ˌrɪəˈlɪstɪk
sado-masochistic
ˌseɪdəʊˌmæsəˈkɪstɪk
statistic
stəˈtɪstɪk
unrealistic
ˌʌnrɪəˈlɪstɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MASOCHISTIC

maskinonge
maskirovka
masklike
maslin
masochism
masochist
masochistically
mason
Mason and Dixon Line
mason bee
mason jar
mason wasp
Mason-Dixon Line
masonic
masonically
Masonite
masonried
masonries
masonry
masoolah

WORDS THAT END LIKE MASOCHISTIC

antagonistic
autistic
deterministic
domestic
floristic
heuristic
humanistic
idealistic
journalistic
juristic
mechanistic
minimalistic
narcissistic
opportunistic
pessimistic
probabilistic
sadistic
stylistic
synergistic
terroristic
touristic

Synonyms and antonyms of masochistic in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «masochistic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MASOCHISTIC

Find out the translation of masochistic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of masochistic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «masochistic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

自虐
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

masoquista
570 millions of speakers

English

masochistic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

masochistic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ماسوشي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мазохистской
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

masoquista
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মর্ষকামী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

masochiste
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Masokistik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

masochistisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

自虐的な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

자학
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Masochistic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bạo dâm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மஸோகிஸ்ட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मस्कुटिस्टिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mazoşist
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

masochista
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

masochistyczna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мазохистской
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

masochist
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μαζοχιστική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

masochistiese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

masochistic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

masochistisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of masochistic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MASOCHISTIC»

The term «masochistic» is regularly used and occupies the 78.091 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about masochistic

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4 QUOTES WITH «MASOCHISTIC»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word masochistic.
1
Josh Hartnett
I admire when people take the harder path, not because they are masochistic and want to beat themselves up, but because you actually kind of learn more and I think you grow more.
2
Laurence Olivier
Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult.
3
Josh Radnor
I'm not a masochistic reader. If something is just too dense or not enjoyable, even though I'm told it should be good for me, I'll put it down. That said, most of what I read would be considered high-end or good for you, I suppose. But, I also think that reading should be enjoyable.
4
Emma Thompson
But when I lose my temper, I find it difficult to forgive myself. I feel I've failed. I can be calm in a crisis, in the face of death or things that hurt badly. I don't get hysterical, which may be masochistic of me.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MASOCHISTIC»

Discover the use of masochistic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to masochistic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Treatment of the masochistic personality: an ...
In Treatment of the Masochistic Personality: An Interactional-Object Relations Approach to Psychotherapy, Cheryl Glickauf-Hughes and Marolyn Wells use contemporary psychoanalytic thinking to probe the functions of masochism underlying human ...
Cheryl Glickauf-Hughes, Marolyn Clark Wells, 1995
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The Masochistic Pleasures of Sentimental Literature
Therefore, in sentimental literature, images of eroticized domination are not antithetical to female pleasure but rather can be constitutive of it. The book, however, does not simply celebrate that fact.
Marianne Noble, 2000
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"The Unconsoled": A Masochistic Imaging of Narrative and Nation
Narrative threads in The Unconsoled seem to collapse and spaces of the novel morph into one another. Psychoanalytic criticism helps to figure the subject/object relationships of the novel through a masochistic organization.
Nicole L. McCleese, 2007
4
White self-loathing: masochistic sexuality and race in the ...
" Masochism, rather than being a hindrance to well-adjusted adulthood, becomes instead a performance that commands attention in these texts.
Alison Umminger, Indiana University, Bloomington, 2004
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In the Realm of Pleasure: Von Sternberg, Dietrich, and the ...
In the Realm of Pleasure: Von Sternberg, Dietrich, and the Masochistic Aesthetic offers a radical countertheory to Freudian and Lacanian approaches to film and the issue of sexual difference.
Gaylyn Studlar, 1988
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The Masochistic Playpen
A Philosophical Science Fiction Adventure: clones, disintegration travel, the meaning of life
Brook Ziporyn, 2001
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The Body in Psychotherapy
Figures 18, 19, 20, 21 , 22, and 23 summarize the schizoid, the oral, the psychopathic, the masochistic, the rigid male, and the rigid female, respectively. Of particular interest are the mixed types which combine a pregenital character type with ...
Edward W.L. Smith, 2000
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Psychodynamic Perspectives on Aging and Illness
My ideas about masochistic behavior quickly became conflated, especially once I looked at more of the psychodynamic literature on the topic. This is likely due to the fact that the term masochism is confusing within the psychodynamic ...
Tamara McClintock Greenberg, 2009
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The Psychiatric Interview in Clinical Practice
The study of masochistic fantasies and behaviors has continued to influence the development of psychodynamic thinking and psychoanalytic theory. Clinicians and theoreticians have struggled with understanding motivations that lead people ...
Roger A. MacKinnon, Robert Michels, Peter J. Buckley, 2009
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Contemporary Psychoanalysis in America: Leading Analysts ...
THE. NARCISSISTIC-MASOCHISTIC. CHARACTER. ARNOLD. M. COOPER,. M.D.. THERE. IS. AN. OLD. Chinese curse: “May you live in interesting times.” These are analytically interesting times, in which, more than ever before in the history ...
Arnold M. Cooper, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MASOCHISTIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term masochistic is used in the context of the following news items.
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'Kids,' Then and Now - The New York Times
The older you get, you find other things to fill that weird masochistic voice. My friends don't go see therapists.” ROSARIO DAWSON. Photo. «New York Times, Jul 15»
2
Support This Negative-Carbon Road Trip! | CleanTechnica
If you're familiar with the anti-electric car hype, that should be impossible! Unrealistic! Stress-inducing! Unfathomable! Masochistic! Etc! Etc! And ... «CleanTechnica, Jul 15»
3
2015 Toyota Landcruiser SAHARA Road Test & Review | CarAdvice
Aside from my masochistic journey into the underground CBD carpark, I never found it to be too big to pilot around town. You will need a ... «CarAdvice, Jul 15»
4
From Abraham to Woody Allen: The Jewish masochist tradition …
Besides this masochistic attitude, there is a second Jewish tradition which might be best described as the Mosaic one. Moses pleads for himself ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
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Pharoah atop NTRA rankings as Saratoga nears - The Courier-Journal
Others receiving votes: Big Blue Kitten (58), Hard Aces (33), Constitution (29), Masochistic (22), Hoppertunity (16), Sheer Drama (16), Effinex ... «The Courier-Journal, Jul 15»
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Surf Hero Strider Wasilewski Once Railed Against Competitive …
Winter north swells jack as they reach a coral reef on the North Shore of Oahu, producing masochistic tubes that mostly run left as you face land ... «L.A. Weekly, Jul 15»
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Reader dilemma: 'I'm addicted to rough porn' - Love & Sex - Life and …
Millions and millions of people indulge in sadistic or masochistic sexual fantasies, and never actually feel compelled to watch anything. «The Independent, Jul 15»
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How to do the burpees exercise correctly
... seen a dozen different variations of the burpee, some of them on the tamer end of the spectrum and some of them on the masochistic end. «WISN Milwaukee, Jul 15»
9
John McCain Says Trump Needs To Apologize To Veterans - The …
Yesterday, for masochistic reasons I can barely explain, I decided to go have a look and see what commenters over at The Blaze thought of ... «The Frisky, Jul 15»
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7 Things You Should Know About Louis Oosthuizen
But just in case you're the masochistic type and you're wondering who Louis Oosthuizen is, we've got you covered. Ernie Els funded Louis ... «TheSouthAfrican, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Masochistic [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/masochistic>. Apr 2024 ».
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