automutilation

n. sexual pleasure derived from mutilating parts of one’s body or from fantasy about mutilated parts of one’s body. It usually involves cutting some part of the body during masturbation.

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Psychology term of the day

February 20th 2025

dual representation

the ability to comprehend an object simultaneously as the object itself and as a representation of something else. For example, a photograph of a person can be represented both as the print itself and as the person it depicts. Also called dual encoding; dual orientation.