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algolagnia

[ al-guh-lag-nee-uh ]

noun

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


algolagnia

/ ˌælɡəˈlæɡnɪə /

noun

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

  • ˌalgoˈlagnist, noun
  • ˌalgoˈlagnic, adjective
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Other Words From

  • algo·lagnic adjective
  • algo·lagnist noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of algolagnia1

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

Origin of algolagnia1

from ML, from Greek algos pain + lagneiā lust
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Example Sentences

Other authors prefer the narrower term algolagnia which emphasizes the pleasure in pain and cruelty, whereas the terms selected by v.

It is in masochism, or passive algolagnia, that we may most frequently find scatalogic symbolism in its fully developed form.

The algolagnia, being one of the congenital conditions of my sexual instinct, must be considered fundamental, and certainly has not been eliminated.

I may here narrate a case which has been communicated to me of algolagnia in a woman, combined with sexual hyperesthesia.

The roots of active algolagnia, sadism, can be readily demonstrable in the normal.

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