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algolagnia

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al·go·lag·ni·a  (lg-lgn-)
n.
Sexual gratification derived from inflicting or experiencing pain.
[New Latin : algo- + Greek lagneia, lust (from lagnos, lustful; see slg- in Indo-European roots).]
algo·lagnic adj.
algo·lagnist n.
algolagnia [ˌælgəˈlægnɪə]
n
(Psychiatry) a perversion in which sexual pleasure is gained from the experience or infliction of pain See also sadism, masochism
algolagnic  adj
algolagnist  n
algolagnia
a deriving of sexual pleasure from inflicting or enduring pain. Cf. masochism, sadism. — algolagnist, n. — algolagnic, adj.
See also: Pain
the finding of sexual pleasure in suffering or inflicting physical pain; sadomasochism. — algolagnist, n. — algolagnic, adj.
See also: Sex
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.algolagnia - sexual pleasure derived from inflicting or experiencing pain
algophilia
sexual pleasure - pleasure derived from sexual activities


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Hannah Wilke's vulnerable poses--shrinking from the camera holding a gun, isolated at the end of a white hallway--came across as vastly more self-interrogative than the in-your-face algolagnia of Chris Burden's self-presentations of his body after scarring or mutilating it during one of his masochistic performances.
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