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Obsession that keeps one going to matches?
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pyromania
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Pyromania is an impulse control disorder in which individuals repeatedly fail to resist impulses to deliberately start fires, in order to relieve tension or for instant gratification. The term pyromania comes from the Greek word πῦρ ( pyro , fire). Pyromania ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context psychology English) A compulsive disorder characterised by obsession with fire or uncontrollable urges to start fires.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1840, from pyro- "fire" + mania "madness, frenzy." Used in German in the 1830s.\n\nThe 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. ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an uncontrollable desire to set fire to things
Usage examples of pyromania.
We have to keep at it until you get that supernatural pyromania under complete control.
The enemy cavalry had certainly crossed the Athan by now, and pyromania was as fixed in the mercenary character as kleptomania.