Pyromania

Pyromania

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  • Pyromania — is an impulse to deliberately start fires to relieve tension and typically includes gratification or relief afterward. Pyromania is distinct from arson, and pyromaniacs are also distinct from those who start fires because of psychosis, for… …   Wikipedia

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  • Pyromania — Pyr o*ma ni*a, n. [Pyro + mania.] An insane disposition to incendiarism. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pyromania — index arson Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • pyromania — 1842, from PYRO (Cf. pyro ) + MANIA (Cf. mania) madness, frenzy. Pyromaniac (n.) first recorded 1887 …   Etymology dictionary

  • pyromania — ► NOUN ▪ an obsessive desire to set fire to things. DERIVATIVES pyromaniac noun …   English terms dictionary

  • pyromania — [pī΄rə mā′nē ə, pī΄rəmān′yə] n. [ModL: see PYRO & MANIA] a persistent compulsion to start destructive fires pyromaniac [pī΄rō mā′nēnē ak΄, pī΄rōmā′nē ak΄] n., adj. pyromaniacal [pī΄rōmə nī′ə kəl] adj …   English World dictionary

  • pyromania — pyromaniac /puy reuh may nee ak /, n. pyromaniacal /puy roh meuh nuy euh keuhl/, adj. /puy reuh may nee euh, mayn yeuh/, n. a compulsion to set things on fire. [1835 45; PYRO + MANIA] * * * ▪ psychological disorder       impulse control disorder… …   Universalium

  • pyromania — n. an obsessive desire to set fire to things. Derivatives: pyromaniac n. * * * pyromania to maric: see pyro 1, 3 a …   Useful english dictionary

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