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What does masochistic mean?

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Adjective
  1. Deriving pleasure from abuse, being punished, or dominated.
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Because of his obsession with this movie, he was deemed insane with extreme masochistic tendencies.
The enactment of masochistic desire is a performance of history, and masochism is a synchronic enactment of diachrony.
Once he has killed his masochistic dream, aggressive female sexuality becomes both available and productive.
Most of what is seen in the film is bondage, discipline, and masochistic acts performed by actual participants in that world.
There's a sense of perverse, masochistic enjoyment associated with sitting through something on the level of this movie.
The public refuses its masochistic role as philistine, seeking affirmation instead in an art of generosity and pleasure.

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