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sa·do·mas·o·chism

(sā′dō-măs′ə-kĭz′əm, săd′ō-)

The combination of sadism and masochism, in particular the deriving of pleasure, especially sexual gratification, from inflicting or submitting to physical or mental pain or suffering.

sa′do·mas′o·chist n.

sa′do·mas′o·chis′tic adj.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

sadomasochism

(ˌseɪdəʊˈmæsəˌkɪzəm; ˌsædəʊ-)

1. (Psychology) the combination of sadistic and masochistic elements in one person, characterized by both aggressive and submissive periods in relationships with others

2. sexual practice in which one partner adopts a sadistic role and the other a masochistic one. Abbreviation: SM or S & M Compare sadism, masochism

ˌsadomasoˈchistic adj

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

sa•do•mas•o•chism

(ˌseɪ doʊˈmæs əˌkɪz əm, -ˈmæz-, ˌsæd oʊ-)

n.

gratification, esp. sexual, gained through inflicting or receiving pain.

[1930–35]

sa`do•mas′o•chist, n., adj.

sa`do•mas`o•chis′tic, adj.

sadomasochism

Psychiatry. a condition of disturbed and destructive personality marked by the presence of both sadistic and masochistic traits. — sado-masochist, n. — sadomasochistic, adj.

sadomasochism

[ˌseɪdəʊˈmæsəˌkɪzəm] N → sadomasoquismo m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

sadomasochism

n → Sadomasochismus m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

sadomasochism

[ˌseɪdəʊˈmæsəˌkɪz/əm] n → sadomasochismo

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

sa·do·mas·o·chism

n. sadomasoquismo, derivación de placer sexual infligiendo dolor físico a sí mismo o a otros.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

sadomasochism

n sadomasoquismo

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She seeks to challenge the fact that, "[f]rom the law's perspective, sadomasochists are not proper cartographers of their own desires." (20) Thus, while she is careful to acknowledge that all narratives invoke a normative agenda, she tends to challenge those that reflect dominant, negative understandings of s/m culture, and tends to validate those that present alternative perspectives or speak from lived experience (or both).

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It will be interesting to watch the gyms gradually empty over the next few weeks until only the hardcore - sadomasochists who actually enjoy exercising and do it all year round - remain.

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I have a solution for this: let us listen to the preachers in the [Arab] Peninsula, who want us to live in the past, because the past is cheaper...either this, or let us leave Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya to the political and economic sadomasochists, and switch to an art channel and to Haifa.

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It is simply not clear that legislators know enough to be wading into the morality of what goes on in the bedrooms of sadomasochists, or to be passing judgment on the morality of amputations by those who view their own limbs as ego-alien, or to be regulating extreme sports so as to reduce their extremism.

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A manic Brahms "Hungarian Rhapsody" is turned into the "Degenerates' Dance" for the family cross-dressers, lunatics, megalomaniacs and sadomasochists. Wagner's "Wedding March" from "Lohengrin" is sung in a minor key to lodge the protest of Marie Louise (Delia Mayer) against her union with Napoleon.

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The line between SM and "normal" sex is fuzzy, and many people who would not identify themselves as sadomasochists enjoy sexual acts that involve some level of pain.

Morality-based legislation is alive and well: why the law permits consent to body modification but not sadomasochistic sex

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