Meaning

1 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)A compulsive disorder characterized by obsession with fire or uncontrollable urges to start fires.

    Pyromanie, Brandsucht

    пирома́нияpirománija

    піроманіяpiromanija

    an uncontrollable desire to set fire to things

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Pyromania is a mental disorder.

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Translations

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Origin

From pyro- + -mania.

From pyro- + -mania.

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Forms

plural: pyromanias
Singularpyromania

uncountable

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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