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Jackson6612 Posted 18 years ago
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a sexual perversion characterized by pleasure in being subjected...

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00a sexual perversion characterized by pleasure in being subjected to pain or humiliation especially by a love object — compare sadism 2: pleasure in being abused or dominated: a taste for suffering02br
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00What is a love object? Is it the one who is subjected to pain or who is inflicting pain? 0-
  

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0"A love object" - what a great way to refer to your lover, partner, boyfriend, spouse, etc.02br
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00It's the person you love, and that love object is the one who provides the pain that the ********* enjoys.0-
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0 This may be a strictly personal interpretation, but I always think of a 'love object' as being someone involved in a short-term (overnight?) relationship. Not having any experience, however......02img00 0-
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0 Philip, I also think so. Thank you for the help. 0-
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0I think it is used to differentiate from a stranger. I would suggest there is NO time limitation.0-
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10I think it is used to 11b10differentiate from12b10 a stranger.12br
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10Barbara, I know you are correct. It's just that I'm little confused about the structure of your sentence. It seems to me as if you have missed the noun phrase 01i00a l
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0Given the course of our conversation, I thought the part I left out would be comletely understood.0-
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0 Thank you for the explanation. 0-
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