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pyromania 

The obsession with fire, marked by five things.

1] The inexplicable obsession with fire, burning and any flamable objects.

2] The irresistable urge to watch fire or to lite one.

3] The disregard of other's lives, possessions and feelings when they conflict with the starting of a fire.

4] Feelings of lust are displayed when watching, liting or simply being around fire.

5] The reasons for starting the fire are not for revenge, property damage, the desire to start anew, light or entertainment - but an indescribable feeling that comes from simply watching flames - one that the pyromaniac cannot control.
Pyromania, what is slowly taking over the world with the beginning of pyromaniacs.
pyromania by Lain872 June 21, 2004
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Pyromania 

1. A disorder causing obsessions with fire, such as random acts of starting a fire, or wanting to play with it. Often after doing such behaviour comes a feeling of satisfaction.

2. A 1983 Album by the British Rock Band Def Leppard. It includes the hit songs "Photograph", "Rock of Ages", "Foolin'", and "Too Late for Love". Also rated by Q Magazine as one of the best albums of the 80s.

3. A 2010 single by the British-German Eurodance group Cascada.
1. Pyromania is not the same as Arson!
2. Hey man, Def Leppard's new album Pyromania was so rad! I was stoked at how amazing it was.
3. I'm gonna get the fire started, impossible for you to breathe, the temperature is rising up, up, so hot, 'cause I burning up...Pyromania, Pyromania, ow...!
Pyromania by Anonymous90872 May 10, 2010

Pyromania 

Pyromania is an impulse control disorder in which individuals repeatedly fail to resist impulses to deliberately start fires, in order to relieve some tension or for instant gratification. Pyromania is distinct from arson, the deliberate setting of fires for personal, monetary or political gain. Pyromaniacs start fires to induce euphoria and often fixate on institutions of fire control like firehouses and firemen. Pyromania is a type of impulse control disorder, along with kleptomania, intermittent explosive disorder and others.

There are specific symptoms that separate pyromaniacs from those who start fires for criminal purposes or due to emotional motivations not specifically related to fire. Someone suffering from this disorder deliberately and purposely sets fires on more than one occasion, and before the act of lighting the fire the person usually experiences tension and an emotional buildup. When around fires, a person suffering from pyromania gains intense interest or fascination and may also experience pleasure, gratification or relief. Another long-term contributor often linked with pyromania is the buildup of stress. When studying the lifestyle of someone with pyromania, a buildup of stress and emotion is often evident and this is seen in teens' attitudes towards friends and family. At times it is difficult to distinguish the difference between pyromania and experimentation in childhood because both involve pleasure from the fire.
A pyromaniac doesn't throw away the last three matches.

One commentator called the president a "pyromaniac fireman".

The pyromaniac has a strange and morbid passion for fire.

Burnout? Replaced with "Pyromaniac": "Increases chance to critically hit and reduces the mana cost of all Fire spells by an additional 1/2/3%.

Yi-jun: I never thought of you as a pyromaniac, Taylor.

Pyromancer 

A magical enthusiast, gifted with the power of controlling fire.
Jeb: I was with a Pyromancer chick the other night... I think she burned something...
Pyromancer by Blayd April 23, 2005
<guy> "I really like Natalie Portman."

<girl> "Oh, you suffer from Portmania."
Portmania by Michael Kerr May 24, 2005

Pyromaniac 

A pyromaniac is someone who loves fire or fires,just as someone else might like football.They like to burn things.
We're all pyros,we love to burn...
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