algolagnia

[ al-guh-lag-nee-uh ]

noun

, Psychiatry.

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

algolagnia

/ ˌælɡəˈlæɡnɪə /

noun

1. a perversion in which sexual pleasure is gained from the experience or infliction of pain See also sadism masochism

Derived Forms

• ˌalgoˈlagnist, noun
• ˌalgoˈlagnic, adjective

Other Words From

• algo·lagnic adjective
• algo·lagnist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of algolagnia¹

1900–05; < German Algolagnie, equivalent to algo- algo- + -lagnie < Greek lagneía lust

Word History and Origins

Origin of algolagnia¹

from ML, from Greek algos pain + lagneiā lust

Example Sentences

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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