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masochist

/ˈmæ.səˌkɪst/

masochist noun: someone who enjoys pain or humiliation, or who derives pleasure from harming oneself or being harmed by others.

Noun

masochist (plural masochists)

  1. Someone who enjoys pain or humiliation, or who derives pleasure from harming oneself or being harmed by others.
  2. (colloquial, slang, semantic bleaching) Someone who puts up with teasing.

masochist meaning in Tamil, Tagalog, Arabic and Malay

masochist in Tamil

கொடுஞ்செயலின்பால் இன்பமடைவோர்

masochist in Tagalog

someone who enjoys pain or humiliation
masokista

masochist in Arabic

someone who enjoys pain or humiliation
مَاسُوشِيّ māsūšiyy, مَازُوخِيّ māzūḵiyy, مَازُوكِيّ māzūkiyy

masochist in Malay

someone who enjoys pain or humiliation
masokis
More languagesFewer languages
masochist in Indonesian
masokhis

Forms of masochist

pluralmasochists

Origin of masochist

Leopold von Sacher-Masoch + -ist. Coined by Richard von Krafft-Ebing and popularized by Freud in relation to sadomasochism.

Words formed from masochist

Questions about masochist

What does masochist mean?
Masochist means someone who enjoys pain or humiliation, or who derives pleasure from harming oneself or being harmed by others.
What is masochist in Tamil?
Masochist in Tamil is கொடுஞ்செயலின்பால் இன்பமடைவோர். See Masochist meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is masochist?
Masochist is a noun.
How do you pronounce masochist?
Masochist is pronounced /ˈmæ.səˌkɪst/.
What is the plural of masochist?
The plural of masochist is masochists.

Words near masochist in the dictionary

  1. masnads
  2. masnavi
  3. masnavis
  4. masochism
  5. masochisms
  6. masochist
  7. masochistic
  8. masochistic personality disorder
  9. masochistically
  10. masochists
  11. masocore

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Adapted from Wiktionary: masochist (page history and authors); masochist (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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