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• n  sexual pleasure obtained from receiving punishment (physical or psychological)

• In a 1969 speech against war protesters, he said, "A spirit of national masochism prevails, encouraged by an effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as .
• It is the formula for masochism.
• The provider also revealed that Lin had visited a gay website and had entered a chat room dedicated to sado-masochism.

News & Articles

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• Running notebook: Four SouthCoast runners enter a new club - the 100-milers
  The SouthCoast 100-mile Club, otherwise known as the House of Masochism, just got a little bigger.
  July 14, 2013 - The Standard-Times

Quotes

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• Avigdor Lieberman in BBC News
  Strategic Affairs Minister Avigdor Lieberman denounced the book on army radio, blaming "the masochism and defeatism of the Israeli left, which constantly seeks to apologise, while we did what we had to".
• Paul Krugman in DailyFinance
  This is getting ugly,economist Paul Krugman wrote on his New York Times blog. "The US needs to be thinking about how to insulate itself from European masochism."
• John McCain in Los Angeles Times
  There'sa certain trace of masochism in my family,McCain said. "But not that deep."