sadomasochistic
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- adjective
- /ˌseɪdəˌmæsəˈkɪstɪk/
- NSFW
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sadomasoquista
- Many people enjoy exploring sadomasochistic fantasies as a part of their intimate relationships.
- consensual sadomasochistic
- sadomasochistic scene
- sadomasochistic sex
And there was this, there was this case where it was a group of men who were sadomasochistic.
- And there was this, there was this case where it was a group of men who were sadomasochistic.
Examples
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The workshop focused on the safe and consensual aspects of sadomasochistic practices.
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Many turned to actual sadomasochistic practices.
Academic text (1995) -
You ever engage in any sadomasochistic activity?
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Zhao and the audience share in the sadomasochistic pleasure.
Academic text (2009) -
As in any sadomasochistic relationship, the power by no means lies simply in the hands of the sadist.
Academic text (1995) -
Jeremiah, who is now fifteen and living in San Francisco, pays a man to top him in a sadomasochistic scene.
Academic text (2014) -
Once again, the whole world is going to be caught up in your sadomasochistic rhythms and obsessions.
Blog text (32) -
More disturbing is a sadomasochistic love that binds Gamelin and his mistress, Elodie.
Academic text (1994) -
Focusing on Margherita, I try to develop McHale's theorization one step further, arguing that her sexual practice models the sadomasochistic relation between narrative content and structure.
Academic text (2017) -
Like Margherita, the rocket is an emblem of the sadomasochistic Eros/Thanatos dialectic, which haunts the entire novel.
Academic text (2017)
Surface Forms
Morphology
sadomasochistic = sadomasochism (transparent) = sadomasochism + ic
A regular adjectival formation from the noun 'sadomasochism' using the productive suffix '-ic'; the adjective's meaning follows directly from the noun.
Etymology
Sadomasochistic comes from two parts, sadism and masochism, which are named after writers Marquis de Sade and Leopold von Sacher-Masoch. These parts mean 'giving pain for pleasure' and 'receiving pain for pleasure', so sadomasochistic describes interest in both giving and receiving pain, often in a sexual way.