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pyromania

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌpaɪɹə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪniə

1

noun

Meaning 1

A compulsive disorder characterized by obsession with fire or uncontrollable urges to start fires.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

an uncontrollable desire to set fire to things

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mania, passion, cacoethes

History

Etymology

From pyro- + -mania.

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: պիրոմանիա (piromania) — disorder
  • Belarusian: піраманія (piramanija) — disorder
  • Catalan: piromania — disorder
  • Chinese Mandarin: 放火狂 (fànghuǒkuáng) — disorder
  • Chinese Mandarin: 縱火狂 /纵火狂 (zònghuǒkuáng) — disorder
  • Dutch: vuurzucht — disorder
  • Dutch: pyromanie — disorder
  • Esperanto: piromanio — disorder
  • Estonian: püromaania — disorder
  • Finnish: pyromania — disorder
  • French: pyromanie — disorder
  • German: Pyromanie — disorder
  • German: Brandsucht — disorder
  • Greek: πυρομανία (pyromanía) — disorder
  • Hindi: दहनोन्माद (dahnonmād) — disorder
  • Hungarian: pirománia — disorder
  • Icelandic: íkveikjuæði — disorder
  • Italian: piromania — disorder
  • Japanese: 放火癖 (hōkaheki) — disorder
  • Korean: 방화광 (banghwagwang) — disorder
  • Macedonian: пироманија (piromanija) — disorder
  • Polish: piromania — disorder
  • Portuguese: piromania — disorder
  • Russian: пирома́ния (pirománija) — disorder
  • Slovak: pyrománia — disorder
  • Spanish: piromanía — disorder
  • Swedish: pyromani — disorder
  • Turkish: piromani — disorder
  • Ukrainian: піроманія (piromanija) — disorder