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pyromania

pyromanianoun

Translations

Pyromania is a rare mental disorder characterized by an irresistible urge to start fires.

Пиромания - это редкое психическое расстройство, характеризующееся непреодолимым желанием поджигать.

Definitions

An obsessive desire to set fire to things.

The suspect was diagnosed with pyromania after several incidents of arson in the neighborhood.

The psychiatric impulse-control disorder characterized by recurrent urges to deliberately start fires for pleasure or relief from tension.

Pyromania is listed among impulse-control disorders in modern diagnostic manuals.

Synonyms

fire-setting disorder

arson addiction

compulsive fire-setting