Meanings
nounpyromania (usually uncountable, plural pyromanias)
plural pyromanias
- uncountableusuallyhuman sciencesA compulsive disorder characterized by obsession with fire or uncontrollable urges to start fires.
Origin
Translations
Catalan piromania
- piromaniadisorder
Chinese Mandarin 放火狂, 縱火狂 /纵火狂
- 放火狂 (fànghuǒkuáng)disorder
- 縱火狂 /纵火狂 (zònghuǒkuáng)disorder
Dutch vuurzucht, pyromanie
- vuurzuchtdisorder
- pyromaniedisorder
Esperanto piromanio
- piromaniodisorder
Estonian püromaania
- püromaaniadisorder
Finnish pyromania
- pyromaniadisorder
French pyromanie
- pyromaniedisorder
German Pyromanie, Brandsucht
- Pyromaniedisorder
- Brandsuchtdisorder
Greek πυρομανία
- πυρομανία (pyromanía)disorder
Hindi दहनोन्माद
- दहनोन्माद (dahnonmād)disorder
Hungarian pirománia
- piromániadisorder
Icelandic íkveikjuæði
- íkveikjuæðidisorder
Italian piromania
- piromaniadisorder
Japanese 放火癖
- 放火癖 (hōkaheki)disorder
Korean 방화광
- 방화광 (banghwagwang)disorder
Polish piromania
- piromaniadisorder
Portuguese piromania
- piromaniadisorder
Russian пирома́ния
- пирома́ния (pirománija)disorder
Slovak pyrománia
- pyromániadisorder
Spanish piromanía
- piromaníadisorder
Swedish pyromani
- pyromanidisorder
Turkish piromani
- piromanidisorder
Ukrainian піроманія
- піроманія (piromanija)disorder
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with pyromania
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
pyromania. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pyromania
MLA
“pyromania.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pyromania. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pyromania,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pyromania.
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