pyromania
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- pyromaniac noun
- pyromaniacal adjective
Etymology
Origin of pyromania
Example Sentences
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Studies have found that less than 10% of adults who start fires meet the criteria for pyromania.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2025
It’s a testament to Yeun’s commitment that Ben’s veneer of disquieting swagger never breaks: he yawns, laughs, speaks, smokes, shakes hands, and discloses his casual pyromania all with the same air of arrogant self-possession.
From The Guardian • Jan. 9, 2019
The metaphor of flames — in the form of a 10-year-old arsonist, whose pyromania is often accompanied by the song “Kiss of Fire” by Georgia Gibbs — is rampant, yet the film is oddly underbaked.
From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2017
As in India, Pakistan’s state governments have been wary of forcing farmers, a crucial vote bank, to curb their pyromania.
From Economist • Nov. 16, 2017
Not with the fire department, which would know right away it was arson and dismiss it as another case of pyromania in a neighborhood crawling with firebugs.
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
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