Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The irresistible urge to start fires.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A mania for destroying things by fire; a form of insanity marked by a mania for setting things on fire.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An insane disposition to incendiarism.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun psychology A compulsive disorder characterised by obsession with fire or
uncontrollable urges to startfires .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an uncontrollable desire to set fire to things
Etymologies
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Examples
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At one time it was assumed that there was a mental disorder known as pyromania; the pyromaniac was one with an irresistible impulse to light incendiary fires.
The Sexual Life of the Child Albert Moll 1900
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Pathological fire-setting, known as pyromania, manifests when the action is
Sun Journal top news 2010
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She got Jack Be Nimble to kick his pyromania habit.
Over the Moon Jodi Picoult 2011
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It's the perfect justifcation for just about everything, especially pyromania and dirt-bike usage.
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"This was a good excuse to combine engineering with some Boy Scout pyromania," he said.
Melons Bursting in Air Rachel Emma Silverman 2011
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She got Jack Be Nimble to kick his pyromania habit.
Over the Moon Jodi Picoult 2011
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She got Jack Be Nimble to kick his pyromania habit.
Over the Moon Jodi Picoult 2011
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She got Jack Be Nimble to kick his pyromania habit.
Over the Moon Jodi Picoult 2011
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Rihanna collaborates with Eminem for his new video 'Love the Way You Lie,' filled with scenes of domestic violence and pyromania.
WATCH: Megan Fox Abused In Rihanna & Eminem 'Love The Way You Lie' Video 2010
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SSRIs also produce kleptomania as seen with the Ryder/Zoloft case observes Henderson, pyromania as seen in an English millionaire who burned down his own house and immolation suicides and a "strange kind" of nymphomania.
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The name of a hot sauce.
September 22, 2009