Definition of Pyromania

1. Noun. An uncontrollable desire to set fire to things.

Generic synonyms: Cacoethes, Mania, Passion

Definition of Pyromania

1. n. An insane disposition to incendiarism.

Definition of Pyromania

1. Noun. An uncontrollable urge to start fires. ¹

2. Noun. A habit in which a person has an obsession with fire. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pyromania

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyromania

pyrolyze
pyrolyzed
pyrolyzer
pyrolyzers
pyrolyzes
pyrolyzing
pyromagnetic
pyromalate
pyromalates
pyromalic
pyromalic acid
pyromancer
pyromancers
pyromancies
pyromancy
pyromania (current term)
pyromaniac
pyromaniacal
pyromaniacs
pyromanias
pyromantic
pyromantics
pyromellitic
pyromellitic acid
pyrometallurgical
pyrometallurgies
pyrometallurgy
pyrometer
pyrometers
pyrometric

Literary usage of Pyromania

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Medical Jurisprudence of Insanity by John Hutton Balfour Browne (1875)
"pyromania.—Notwithstanding the severity of the punishment which the law has prudently associated with n proved commission of the crime of ..."

2. The Medical Jurisprudence of Insanity: With References to the Scotch and by John Hutton Balfour Browne (1880)
"pyromania.—Notwithstanding the severity of the punishment which the law has prudently associated with a proved commission of the crime of arson, ..."

3. A Manual of Medical Jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor (1892)
"It thus appears that nearly half our lunatic murderers are eventually set at liberty. CHAPTER LXVII. PUERPERAL MAMA. pyromania.— KLEPTOMANIA. DIPSOMANIA. ..."

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