"pyromania" meaning in English

See pyromania in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌpaɪɹə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pyromania.wav Forms: pyromanias [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪniə Etymology: From pyro- + -mania. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|pyro|mania}} pyro- + -mania Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} pyromania (usually uncountable, plural pyromanias)
  1. (psychology) A compulsive disorder characterized by obsession with fire or uncontrollable urges to start fires. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Fire, Psychology Related terms: pyromaniac, pyromanic, pyromaniacal Translations (disorder): piromania [feminine] (Catalan), 放火狂 (fànghuǒkuáng) (Chinese Mandarin), 縱火狂 (Chinese Mandarin), 纵火狂 (zònghuǒkuáng) (Chinese Mandarin), vuurzucht [feminine] (Dutch), pyromanie [feminine] (Dutch), pyromania (Finnish), pyromanie [feminine] (French), Pyromanie [feminine] (German), Brandsucht [feminine] (German), πυρομανία (pyromanía) [feminine] (Greek), दहनोन्माद (dahnonmād) (Hindi), pirománia (Hungarian), íkveikjuæði [neuter] (Icelandic), piromania [feminine] (Italian), 放火癖 (hōkaheki) (alt: ほうかへき) (Japanese), piromania [feminine] (Polish), piromania [feminine] (Portuguese), пирома́ния (pirománija) [feminine] (Russian), pyrománia [feminine] (Slovak), piromanía [feminine] (Spanish), pyromani [common-gender] (Swedish), piromani (Turkish)

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