pyromania

Definitions

pyr-/pyro- (Greek 'fire,' as in pyrotechnics) + mania = a compulsive urge to set fires. A clear clinical term; its person-form is pyromaniac.

Common Collocations

• 1.suffer from pyromania患有纵火癖
• 2.diagnose pyromania诊断纵火癖
• 3.treat pyromania治疗纵火癖

Example Sentences

• 1.

  The investigators suspected a case of pyromania behind the fires.

• 2.

  Pyromania is a rare but serious impulse-control disorder.