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algolagnia

[ al-guh-lag-nee-uh ]

noun

Psychiatry.
  1. sexual pleasure derived from enduring or inflicting pain, as in masochism or sadism.


algolagnia

/ ˌæɡəˈæɡɪə /

noun

  1. a perversion in which sexual pleasure is gained from the experience or infliction of pain See also sadism masochism
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌˈԾ, noun
  • ˌˈԾ, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • g·n adjective
  • g·n noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of algolagnia1

1900–05; < German Algolagnie, equivalent to algo- algo- + -lagnie < Greek Աí lust
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of algolagnia1

from ML, from Greek algos pain + Ա lust
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Example Sentences

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Other authors prefer the narrower term algolagnia which emphasizes the pleasure in pain and cruelty, whereas the terms selected by v.

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It is in masochism, or passive algolagnia, that we may most frequently find scatalogic symbolism in its fully developed form.

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The algolagnia, being one of the congenital conditions of my sexual instinct, must be considered fundamental, and certainly has not been eliminated.

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I may here narrate a case which has been communicated to me of algolagnia in a woman, combined with sexual hyperesthesia.

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The roots of active algolagnia, sadism, can be readily demonstrable in the normal.

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