In popular usage, the term dower may be confused with: 1  A dowager is a widow (who may receive her dower). 2  Property brought to the marriage by the bride is called a dowry. 3  Property made over to the bride's family at the time of the wedding is a bride price.
masochism. the act or instance of gaining pleasure experiencing physical or psychological pain. The term is usually used to denote sexual m. adj., adj masochisÂ´tic. sexual masochism a paraphilia in which sexual gratification is derived from being hurt, humiliated, or otherwise made to suffer physically or psychologically.
2. uncountable noun. If you describe someone's behaviour as masochism, you mean that they seem to be trying to get into a situation which causes them suffering or great difficulty. Once you have tasted life in southern California, it takes a peculiar kind of masochism to return to a British winter. masochist countable noun Anybody who enjoys this is a masochist.