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pyromania

[ pahy-ruh-mey-nee-uh, -meyn-yuh ]
/ ˌpaɪ rəˈmeɪ ni ə, -ˈmeɪn yə /
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noun
a compulsion to set things on fire.
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Origin of pyromania

First recorded in 1835–45; pyro- + -mania

OTHER WORDS FROM pyromania

py·ro·ma·ni·ac [pahy-ruh-mey-nee-ak], /ˌpaɪ rəˈmeɪ niˌæk/, noun

Words nearby pyromania

pyrolusite, pyrolyse, pyrolysis, pyromagnetic, pyromancy, pyromania, pyromaniac, pyrometallurgy, pyrometer, pyrometric bead, pyrometric cone
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Words related to pyromania

torching, firing, incendiarism, touching off

How to use pyromania in a sentence

  • Verbeena savagely and swiftly lighted nine cigarettes and faced him peagreen with pyromania.

    The Shriek|Charles Somerville

British Dictionary definitions for pyromania

pyromania
/ (ˌpaɪrəʊˈmeɪnɪə) /
noun
psychiatry the uncontrollable impulse and practice of setting things on fire

Derived forms of pyromania

pyromaniac, nounpyromaniacal (ˌpaɪrəʊməˈnaɪəkəl), adjective
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Cultural definitions for pyromania

pyromania
[ (peye-roh-may-nee-uh) ]

An uncontrollable urge to set fires.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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