1840, from pyro- "fire" + mania "madness, frenzy." Used in German in the 1830s.
The propensity which leads an insane person to accomplish his purpose by burning, has been considered to merit particular notice, and to constitute a variety of monomania. Dr. Marc, of France, has published a memoir on the subject; he gives the name of pyromania to it, and considers that, like other insane propensities, it may be the result of instinct, or it may be the result of delusion--reasoning upon erroneous principles. [Alexander Morrison, M.D., "The Physiognomy of Mental Diseases," London, 1840]
An older word for it was incendiarism.
pyromania 英文释义
1. an uncontrollable desire to set fire to things
pyromania 双语例句
1. The Fourth of July domestic culinary pyromania is followed by community pyrotechnics.
七月四日,人们在家里食完人间烟火,接下去就是社区的烟花会.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. They have an analysis on action of pyromania in 44 criminal psychotic cases.
他们对44例精神病违法者的纵火行为进行了分析。
来自辞典例句
3. Methods psychogenic data of 44 pyromania with mental disorder were analysed.
方法分析44例精神障碍者的纵火行为.
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pyromania 实用场景例句
The Fourth of July domestic culinary pyromania is followed by community pyrotechnics.
七月四日,人们在家里食完人间烟火,接下去就是社区的烟花会.
《简明英汉词典》
Methods psychogenic data of 44 pyromania with mental disorder were analysed.
