Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

automasochistic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: au-tomasochis-tic
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Deriving (especially sexual) pleasure from abusing or punishing oneself.

Example Sentences

"This was first taken to be a bestial murder , but finally it was cleared up that this was an unfortunate accident during an automasochistic performance ."
"[…] this blow is presented […] as violently automasochistic. Think of Fight Club, particularly those scenes toward its close, where Jack is caught on camera—the truth regime of video?"

Etymology

From auto- + masochistic.

Questions

What does automasochistic mean?: Deriving (especially sexual) pleasure from abusing or punishing oneself.
Where does automasochistic come from?: From auto- + masochistic.

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