Usually means: Deriving pleasure from one's pain.
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General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. masochism: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. masochism: Merriam-Webster
  3. masochism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. masochism: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. masochism: Collins English Dictionary
  6. masochism: Vocabulary.com
  7. Masochism, masochism: Wordnik
  8. masochism: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. masochism: Wiktionary
  10. masochism: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. masochism: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. masochism: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. masochism: Dictionary.com
  14. masochism: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. masochism: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Masochism (album), Masochism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. masochism: Rhymezone
  18. masochism: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. masochism: FreeDictionary.org
  20. masochism: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. masochism: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. masochism: Encyclopedia

Medicine (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. masochism: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Masochism: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Masochism: Merck Manuals
  6. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  7. Terms in the field of Psychiatry and Neurology (No longer online)
  8. masochism: Medical dictionary
  9. Masochism: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Unusual Sexual Practices (No longer online)

(Note: See masochist as well.)

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noun:  The (often sexual) enjoyment of receiving pain or humiliation.

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