Masochist
[mas-uh-kist] /ˈmæs ə kɪst/
noun
1.
Psychiatry. a person who has , the condition in which sexual or other gratification depends on one’s suffering physical pain or humiliation.
2.
a person who is gratified by pain, degradation, etc., that is self-imposed or imposed by others.
3.
a person who finds pleasure in self-denial, submissiveness, etc.
n.
1895, from masochism + -ist.
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