Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "masochistically" ita ce: ta hanyar da ke samun jin daɗi ko jin daɗi daga ciwo ko wahala. An samo wannan kalma daga sunan Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, marubuci dan kasar Austriya wanda ya bayyana wani nau'i na jima'i na jima'i wanda ya shafi kwarewar ciwo da biyayya. Ana amfani da kalmar "masochistic" sau da yawa a cikin mahallin BDSM ( bauta, mulki, mika wuya, da masochism) don kwatanta mutumin da ke jin daɗin jin zafi ko wulakanci a cikin yanayin jima'i.