pyromania
🇬🇧 UK/.pairә'meiniә/🇺🇸 US
GREC2
Definitions
n.
A compulsive psychological disorder characterized by an uncontrollable urge to start fires
放火狂,纵火癖
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.suffer from pyromania患有纵火癖
- 2.diagnose pyromania诊断纵火癖
- 3.[pyromania disorder]纵火癖障碍
- 4.treat pyromania治疗纵火癖
Example Sentences
- 1.
The psychiatrist diagnosed the teenager with pyromania after a series of unexplained fires.
- 2.
Pyromania is a rare but serious impulse-control disorder that requires professional treatment.