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pyromania

UK/ˌpaɪɹə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/

pyromania noun: a compulsive disorder characterized by obsession with fire or uncontrollable urges to start fires.

Noun

pyromania (usually uncountable, plural pyromanias)

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

pyromania meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Kannada

pyromania in Hindi

disorder
दहनोन्माद dahnonmād

pyromania in Tamil

தீக்கொளுவு வெறி, தீயூட்டுன்மத்தம், பைரோன்மத்தம்

pyromania in Kannada

ಬೆಂಕಿ ಹಚ್ಚುವ ಹುಚ್ಚು, ಕಿಡಿಗೇಡಿತನ

Forms of pyromania

pluralpyromanias

Origin of pyromania

From pyro- + -mania.

Words that rhyme with pyromania

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about pyromania

What does pyromania mean?
Pyromania means a compulsive disorder characterized by obsession with fire or uncontrollable urges to start fires.
What is pyromania in Hindi?
Pyromania in Hindi is दहनोन्माद (dahnonmād). See Pyromania meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is pyromania?
Pyromania is a noun.
How do you pronounce pyromania?
Pyromania is pronounced /ˌpaɪɹə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/ (UK).
What is the plural of pyromania?
The plural of pyromania is pyromanias.

Words near pyromania in the dictionary

  1. pyromalic
  2. pyromalic acid
  3. pyromancer
  4. pyromancers
  5. pyromancy
  6. pyromania
  7. pyromaniac
  8. pyromaniacal
  9. pyromaniacally
  10. pyromaniacs
  11. pyromanias

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pyromania (page history and authors); pyromania (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pyromania (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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