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automasochistic

automasochistic adjective: deriving (especially sexual) pleasure from abusing or punishing oneself.

Adjective

automasochistic

  1. Deriving (especially sexual) pleasure from abusing or punishing oneself.
    • This was first taken to be a bestial murder , but finally it was cleared up that this was an unfortunate accident during an automasochistic performance .1947, Acta Radiologica, volume 28, page 280
    • […] this blow is presented […] as violently automasochistic. Think of Fight Club, particularly those scenes toward its close, where Jack is caught on camera—the truth regime of video?2007, William P. MacNeil, Lex Populi: The Jurisprudence of Popular Culture, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 56

Origin of automasochistic

From auto- + masochistic.

Questions about automasochistic

What does automasochistic mean?
Automasochistic means deriving (especially sexual) pleasure from abusing or punishing oneself.
What part of speech is automasochistic?
Automasochistic is an adjective.

Words near automasochistic in the dictionary

  1. automapping
  2. automappings
  3. automaps
  4. automask
  5. automasks
  6. automasochistic
  7. automassage
  8. automat
  9. automata
  10. automatability
  11. automatable

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