algolagnia

American

[al-guh-lag-nee-uh] / ˌæl gəˈlæg ni ə /

noun

Psychiatry.

sexual pleasure derived from enduring or inflicting pain, as in masochism or sadism.

algolagnia British

/ ˌælɡəˈlæɡnɪə /

noun

a perversion in which sexual pleasure is gained from the experience or infliction of pain See also sadism masochism

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Other Word Forms

algolagnic adjective
algolagnist noun

Etymology

Origin of algolagnia

1900–05; < German Algolagnie, equivalent to algo- algo- + -lagnie < Greek lagneía lust

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