Meanings
- uncountableA physical condition that causes a person to gain sexual pleasure by suffering pain, particularly to erogenous zones.
Synonyms: sadomasochism
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA physical condition that causes a person to gain sexual pleasure by suffering pain, particularly to erogenous zones.
More synonyms by meaning
nounsexual pleasure derived from inflicting or experiencing pain
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekἄλγος“pain”
- GermanAlgolagnie
- Englishalgolagnia
From German Algolagnie, from Ancient Greek ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”) + λαγνεία (lagneía, “lust”). Equivalent to algo- + -lagnia.
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Arabic تَلَذُّذ بِٱلْأَلَم
- تَلَذُّذ بِٱلْأَلَم (talaḏḏuḏ bi-l-ʔalam)Physical condition
French algolagnie
- algolagniePhysical condition
German Algolagnie
- AlgolagniePhysical condition
Greek αλγολαγνεία
- αλγολαγνεία (algolagneía)Physical condition
Italian algolagnia
- algolagniaPhysical condition
Korean 고통도착증
- 고통도착증 (gotongdochakjeung)Physical condition
Persian درددوستی
- درددوستیPhysical condition
Portuguese algolagnia
- algolagniaPhysical condition
Russian алголагни́я
- алголагни́я (algolagníja)Physical condition
Spanish algolagnia
- algolagniaPhysical condition
Ukrainian алголагнія, альголагнія
- алголагнія (alholahnija)Physical condition
- альголагнія (alʹholahnija)Physical condition
Cite this entry
algolagnia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/algolagnia
“algolagnia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/algolagnia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “algolagnia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/algolagnia.
Source: algolagnia on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.