masochism

Example Sentences

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Yet its commitment to unearthing the masochism that lurks at the heart of any reunion is unwavering.

From New York Times

She assailed the concept of female masochism, an idea rooted in Freudian psychoanalysis according to which women take pleasure in dissatisfaction and suffering.

From Washington Post

“I like my rotten bulgur, I delight in days of hunger,” this Mother Teresa sings in a number called “Poverty Talk,” leaving you to decide whether her self-denial is a kind of heroism or masochism.

From New York Times

“It takes stamina. It takes knowledge. It takes masochism.”

From New York Times

If nothing else, the bubble honed my masochism.

From Washington Post