different between erogenous vs algolagnia

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (ér?s, “love”) + -genous (“producing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????d???n?s/

Adjective

erogenous (comparative more erogenous, superlative most erogenous)

1. Sensitive to sexual arousal.
   • 2001, Joyce Carol Oates, Middle Age: A Romance, Fourth Estate, paperback edition, p. 254,

     His neck, shoulders, upper back, and spine were erogenous zones.

2. Causing sexual arousal; erotogenic.

Related terms

• erogenous zone

Translations

English

Etymology

From German Algolagnie, from Ancient Greek ????? (álgos, “pain”) + ??????? (lagneía, “lust”). Equivalent to algo- +? -lagnia.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /al??(?)?la?n??/

Noun

algolagnia (uncountable)

1. A physical condition that causes a person to gain sexual pleasure by suffering pain, particularly to erogenous zones.

Derived terms

• algolagniac
• algolagnist

Synonyms

• sadomasochism

See also

• mastigophoric

Translations

Further reading

• algolagnia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Etymology

algo- +?

Noun

algolagnia f (plural algolagnie)

1. algolagnia

Portuguese

Noun

algolagnia f (uncountable)

1. algolagnia (sexual pleasure from suffering pain)

Spanish

Noun

algolagnia f (uncountable)

1. algolagnia