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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 things
Familiarity information: PYROMANIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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