SEXUAL PLEASURE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pleasure derived from sexual activities

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("sexual pleasure" is a kind of...):

pleasance; pleasure (a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sexual pleasure"):

algolagnia; algophilia (sexual pleasure derived from inflicting or experiencing pain)

sadism (sexual pleasure obtained by inflicting harm (physical or psychological) on others)

masochism (sexual pleasure obtained from receiving punishment (physical or psychological))

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