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PYROMANIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pyromania mean? 

PYROMANIA (noun)
  The noun PYROMANIA has 1 sense:

1. an uncontrollable desire to set fire to thingsplay

  Familiarity information: PYROMANIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PYROMANIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An uncontrollable desire to set fire to things

Classified under:

Nouns denoting goals

Hypernyms ("pyromania" is a kind of...):

cacoethes; mania; passion (an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action)


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