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Examples of pyromania in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
After her exercise in pyromania, Serena stays with her mother.
—Elena Nicolaou, refinery29.com, 7 June 2019
And finding signs of past fire-lighting on tools used for other purposes may offer the best window into the origins of humanity's collective pyromania.
—Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 26 July 2018
Best-selling author Margaret George has just published a novel repackaging the Roman emperor Nero, whose name has evoked mayhem and recreational pyromania for the past 2,000 years, as a misunderstood stripling.
—Joe Queenan, WSJ, 5 May 2017
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1842, in the meaning defined above
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“Pyromania.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pyromania. Accessed 13 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
pyromania
noun
py·ro·ma·nia
ˌpī-rō-ˈmā-nē-ə
: an abnormal continuous desire to start fires
Medical Definition
More from Merriam-Webster on pyromania
Nglish: Translation of pyromania for Spanish Speakers
Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about pyromania
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