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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesmasoquista
Pronunciation / Transliteration: mazuˈkistɐ
"É um comportamento masoquista aceitar todo esse trabalho extra."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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Deriving sexual gratification from being subjected to physical or mental pain or humiliation; broadly, finding pleasure in self-inflicted suffering or hardship.
"He has a masochistic tendency to take on too much work until he completely exhausts himself."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the name of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, an Austrian author whose novels featured characters with this trait, combined with the suffix -istic.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Masochistic" is said worldwide
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masochiste
Transliteration: mazɔʃist
"Il a un comportement masochiste dans ses relations."
masochistisch
Transliteration: mazoˈxɪstɪʃ
"Es wirkt fast masochistisch, freiwillig so viele Überstunden zu machen."
masochistico
Transliteration: mazoˈkistiko
"La sua decisione di correre la maratona con la febbre è stata una mossa masochistica."
masoquista
Transliteration: masoˈkista
"Tiene una actitud masoquista frente a las críticas."
masoquista
Transliteration: mazuˈkistɐ
"É um comportamento masoquista aceitar todo esse trabalho extra."
आत्मपीड़क
Transliteration: aatma-peedak
"खुद को बार-बार मुसीबत में डालना एक आत्मपीड़क आदत है।"
受虐狂的
Transliteration: shòunüèkuáng de
"他这种疯狂加班的行为有点受虐狂的倾向。"
마조히즘의
Transliteration: majohijeum-ui
"그가 힘든 일만 골라서 하는 것은 마조히즘의 성향을 보여준다."
マゾヒスティックな
Transliteration: mazohisutikku na
"自ら進んで苦難を引き受けるなんて、マゾヒスティックな生き方だ。"
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