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What does pyromania mean?

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Noun
  1. (psychology) A compulsive disorder characterised by obsession with fire or uncontrollable urges to start fires.
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Diseases of the mind may manifest themselves in other ways which do not involve violence, for example, pyromania or kleptomania.
Persons suffering from pyromania have a pathological and uncontrollable urge to set fires.
We could be identical twins and people would be mistaking me as the perpetrator of your pyromania.
This act of monetary pyromania was performed for the benefit of Richard Nixon's 1972 re-election campaign.
It seemed startlingly appropriate, as I had developed pyromania by then as an outlet.
Nearby fields turned golden brown and made easy harvesting, noted by the neighbourhood gurriers who added hay bales to their pyromania hitlists.

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