来自19世纪奥地利小说家Leopold von Sacher-Masoch,他把自己心中的受虐思想和真实生活用小说的形式表现出来，其中最著名的为”Venus im Pelz”.参照电影《穿裘皮的维纳斯》。后心理学家用他的名字来表示受虐狂。比较Sadism,SM.
英文词源
masochism
masochism: [19] The term masochism was based on the name of Leopold von Sacher- Masoch (1836–95), an Austrian novelist who used the theme of gaining sexual gratification from the infliction of pain on oneself in his writings
masochism (n.)
"sexual pleasure in being hurt or abused," 1892, from German Masochismus, coined 1883 by German neurologist Richard von Krafft-Ebing (1840-1902), from name of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (1836-1895), Austrian utopian socialist novelist who enshrined his submissive sexuality in "Venus in Furs" (1869, German title "Venus im Pelz").
实用例句
1. The tendency towards masochism is however always linked with elements of sadism.
不过，性受虐狂的倾向中总是有一些施虐的成分。
来自柯林斯例句
2. You spent the whole weekend in a tent in the rain? That's masochism!
下着雨，你就在帐篷里度过了整个周末？真是自讨苦吃！
来自《权威词典》
3. Psychoanalysts tend to regard both sadism and masochism as arising from childhood deprivation.
精神分析学家往往认为施虐狂和受虐狂都是由于儿时缺乏关爱造成的。
来自柯林斯例句
4. Once you have tasted life in southern California, it takes a peculiar kind of masochism to return to a British winter.
一旦体验过南加州的生活，再重返寒冬腊月里的英国就有点自讨苦吃。
来自柯林斯例句
5. I reckon you need to be into masochism to run marathons.