masochist
Enjoys personal anguish
A masochist is someone who derives pleasure from pain or humiliation.
In its clinical sense, the term refers specifically to sexual arousal from being hurt or degraded.
More loosely, masochist describes anyone who seems to enjoy suffering or difficulty: You'd have to be a masochist to run marathons in this heat.
The related noun masochism names the tendency itself.
Erotic power dynamics
- submissiveReadily yielding to control
- dominatrixFemale BDSM leader
- safewordPre-agreed termination phrase
- bondageInvoluntary subjugation to another
kink · fetish · leather · consensual · dungeon · whip · spanking · roleplay
Hurting oneself for wrongdoing
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- self-destructiveHarmful to oneself
- martyrVictim for beliefs
- self-sabotageUndermining your own goals
guilt · penance · self-denial · torment · anguish · self-harm · emotional pain · self-defeating
One who seeks suffering
- workaholicCompulsive labor addict
- overachieverOne exceeding all expectations
- perfectionistOne demanding flawlessness
- hot pepperPungent capsicum variety
spicy food · horror movies · Dark Souls · ultramarathon · extreme sports · cold shower · ice bath · burpees
BDSM
Erotic power dynamics
- submissiveReadily yielding to control
- dominatrixFemale BDSM leader
- safewordPre-agreed termination phrase
bondage · kink · fetish · leather · consensual · dungeon · whip · spanking · roleplay · sub
self-punishment
Hurting oneself for wrongdoing
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- self-destructiveHarmful to oneself
- martyrVictim for beliefs
self-sabotage · guilt · penance · self-denial · torment · anguish · self-harm · emotional pain · self-defeating · punishment
glutton for punishment
One who seeks suffering
- workaholicCompulsive labor addict
- overachieverOne exceeding all expectations
- perfectionistOne demanding flawlessness
hot pepper · spicy food · horror movies · Dark Souls · ultramarathon · extreme sports · cold shower · ice bath · burpees · grueling
- kinkdom, domme, submissives, master, slave
- EponymsDarwinian, Alzheimer's disease, Freudian slip, cardigan, Parkinson's disease
masochisthedonist
Seeker of sensual satisfaction
pleasure-seeker · sybarite · sensualist · epicurean · bon vivant
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