sadomasochistic

1. 1.

   of or relating to sadomasochism

   “sadomasochistic sexual practices”

Questions about sadomasochistic

What does sadomasochistic mean?

sadomasochistic means "of or relating to sadomasochism".

How many syllables are in sadomasochistic?

sadomasochistic has 6 syllables and divides as sa-do-ma-so-chi-stic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is sadomasochistic a common word?

sadomasochistic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.