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Definition of Masochists
1. masochist [n] - See also: masochist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Masochists
Literary usage of Masochists
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Psychopathia Sexualis, with Especial Reference to the Antipathic Sexual by Richard Krafft-Ebing (1922)
"These, in contrast with masochists, regard flagellation as a means to an end.
... As has been said, the number of masochists is larger than has yet been ..."
2. Medicolegal Aspects of Moral Offenses by Léon Henri Thoinot, Arthur Wisswald Weysse (1911)
"masochists. It is not always of the same type, and it is desirable here to make
some schematic groups:— (a) Some masochists never have normal sexual ..."
3. Psychopathia Sexualis: With Especial Reference to the Antipathic Sexual by Richard Krafft-Ebing (1906)
"These, in contrast with masochists, regard flagellation as a means to an end.
... As has been said, the number of masochists is larger than has yet been ..."
4. A Practical treatise on the causes, symptoms, and treatment of sexual by William Josephus Robinson (1913)
"There is a very large class of masochists among men ; and the cruelties which
the masochists, either men or women, insist should be inflicted upon them are ..."