sadomasochism

[ UK /sˌe‍ɪdə‍ʊmˈæsəkˌɪzəm/ ]
NOUN
  1. sadism and masochism combined in one person
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  • The research showed 2 per cent of adult Australians regularly partake in sadomasochism and dominance and submission-type sexual role play. Bondage Lovers Normal, Maybe Even Happier | Disinformation
  • The bill has also looked at other controversial areas such as the practice of sadomasochism, which is currently illegal, but looks set to be legalised for consenting adults. Undefined
  • Incest, homosexual orgies, murder, sadomasochism, and emotional laziness become subplots in this wacky sitcom.
  • The novel, according to an ECHR statement, "contains graphic descriptions of scenes of sexual intercourse, with various practices such as sadomasochism or vampirism. The Earth Times Online Newspaper
  • But any concert that features mock sadomasochism, skull-shaped maracas and an accordion player wearing tinted goggles is either the work of lunatics or of a band with a very healthy sense of irony indeed.
  • In "Plan B: A Good Economy for a Good Society", published by Compass, a left-of-centre pressure group, the extent of Plan A's cuts is described as "an act of economic sadomasochism". The economy: we need Plan B and we need it now | Observer editorial
  • But surely no one expects readers to be converted to Nazism or sadomasochism through Aue's account of himself, either, so one must conclude that Franklin's and Bukiet's dislike of an "unremitting immersion in Aue's worldview" has been converted into a general critical requirement that bad people as depicted in fiction must be "counteracted" by a "philosophical or artistic" effort to meliorate their evil. Point of View in Fiction
  • But surely no one expects readers to be converted to Nazism or sadomasochism through Aue's account of himself, either, so one must conclude that Franklin's and Bukiet's dislike of an "unremitting immersion in Aue's worldview" has been converted into a general critical requirement that bad people as depicted in fiction must be "counteracted" by a "philosophical or artistic" effort to meliorate their evil. December 2009
  • Exclusively heterosexual, his imagery shows no sign of fetishism or sadomasochism, no unseemly interest in children.
  • It is, however, extremely rare for sadomasochism to be an individual's only means of sexual satisfaction (paraphilic sadomasochism is seen almost exclusively in males, at a ratio of 20:1).
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