sexual preferences and behaviors involving physical restraints, an unequal power relationship, or pain, including the practice of bondage, discipline, dominance, submission, sadomasochism, etc.
Origin of
BDSM
First recorded in 1990–95; blend of
B&D (
bondage and discipline),
D&S (
dominance and submission) and
S&M (
sadism and masochism)
Example sentences from the Web for
bdsm
“What Miss Couple has taught me is how deep and meaningful a BDSM relationship can be,” he said.
