pyromania
English
Etymology
From pyro- + -mania.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌpaɪɹə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/
- Rhymes: -eɪniə
Noun
pyromania (usually uncountable, plural pyromanias)
- (psychology) A compulsive disorder characterized by obsession with fire or uncontrollable urges to start fires.
Related terms
- pyromaniac
- pyromanic
- pyromaniacal
Translations
disorder
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Further reading
Pyromania on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see English pyromania).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpyromɑniɑ/, [ˈpyro̞ˌmɑniɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑniɑ
- Syllabification(key): py‧ro‧ma‧ni‧a
Noun
pyromania
- pyromania
Declension
| Inflection of pyromania (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pyromania | pyromaniat | |
| genitive | pyromanian | pyromanioiden pyromanioitten | |
| partitive | pyromaniaa | pyromanioita | |
| illative | pyromaniaan | pyromanioihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | pyromania | pyromaniat | |
| accusative | nom. | pyromania | pyromaniat |
| gen. | pyromanian | ||
| genitive | pyromanian | pyromanioiden pyromanioitten pyromaniainrare | |
| partitive | pyromaniaa | pyromanioita | |
| inessive | pyromaniassa | pyromanioissa | |
| elative | pyromaniasta | pyromanioista | |
| illative | pyromaniaan | pyromanioihin | |
| adessive | pyromanialla | pyromanioilla | |
| ablative | pyromanialta | pyromanioilta | |
| allative | pyromanialle | pyromanioille | |
| essive | pyromaniana | pyromanioina | |
| translative | pyromaniaksi | pyromanioiksi | |
| instructive | — | pyromanioin | |
| abessive | pyromaniatta | pyromanioitta | |
| comitative | — | pyromanioineen | |
| Possessive forms of pyromania (type kulkija) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | pyromaniani | pyromaniamme |
| 2nd person | pyromaniasi | pyromanianne |
| 3rd person | pyromaniansa | |
Synonyms
- tuhopolttohimo
Anagrams
- pyromaani