Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Love of pain as felt by others (active algophily) or as experienced in one's own person (passive algophily).
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Examples
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Féré speaks of sexual algophily [98]; he only applies the term to masochism; it might equally well be applied to sadism.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women Havelock Ellis 1899
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