I am looking for a single word which would define a person who doesn't know or feel the difference between pain and pleasure.
I have looked around a lot, but I am unable to find the proper word. There are words which revolves around it such hedonism , paradox of hedonism , sadist , masochism. But none make the exact sense. Masochistic, I find is the closest one, but as per it's meaning it means when your pain gives you pleasure, which is not the same sense I am looking for.
Usage of the word would something like this:
"He is a _________ , it is futile to torture him."
Best Answer
One who can endure pain and hardship without showing one’s feelings or complaining is said to be "stoical" e.g. "A stoical or phlegmatic kind of person often underestimates pain or pleasure".
One who can't feel any pleasure is said to be "anhedonic".
One who can feel neither pain nor pleasure, or can't tell the difference between them suffers from a serious affective disorder or a neurlogic disease. In the latter condition, affected individuals are unable to feel physical pain due to mutations in a specific gene.