Pyromania
nOne word substitutionWord familySSC PYQ × 7पाइरोमेनिया
Meaning
An obsessive desire to set fire to things
Desire to set things on fire
हिंदी अर्थ
आग लगाने की अनियंत्रित प्रवृत्ति
Example sentences
Pyromania is treated as a disorder.
The case turned on a diagnosis of pyromania.
Daily use: Pyromania ek bimari hai.
Word forms
Pyromania nPyromaniac n
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Memory trick · Prashant Sir
Pyro = आग (जैसे pyre, pyrotechnics), mania = जुनून। आग लगाने का जुनून — pyromania।
Pyro means fire, as in pyre and pyrotechnics, and mania means an obsession. Pyromania is an obsessive urge to set things on fire.
Exam note
-mania परिवार साथ रखिए: pyromania (आग), kleptomania (चोरी), megalomania (बड़प्पन), dipsomania (शराब), monomania (एक धुन)।
Keep the -mania family together: pyromania (fire), kleptomania (stealing), megalomania (power and greatness), dipsomania (alcohol) and monomania (one idea).