Meaning & use
Algolagnia
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A clinical term for sexual gratification derived from experiencing or inflicting pain.
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The psychology textbook devoted a chapter to algolagnia and related paraphilias.
Early sexologists coined the term algolagnia to distinguish it from ordinary aggression.
A note on using this word
The word combines the Greek algos ('pain') and lagneia ('lust'), and was introduced by psychiatrists in the late nineteenth century.
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