pyromania

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Studies have found that less than 10% of adults who start fires meet the criteria for pyromania.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2025

“Little Fires Everywhere,” Hulu’s miniseries adaptation of Celeste Ng’s 2017 novel, is pure metaphorical pyromania.

From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2020

It’s a testament to Yeun’s commitment that Ben’s veneer of disquieting swagger never breaks: he yawns, laughs, speaks, smokes, shakes hands, and discloses his casual pyromania all with the same air of arrogant self-possession.

From The Guardian • Jan. 9, 2019

As in India, Pakistan’s state governments have been wary of forcing farmers, a crucial vote bank, to curb their pyromania.

From Economist • Nov. 16, 2017

Not with the fire department, which would know right away it was arson and dismiss it as another case of pyromania in a neighborhood crawling with firebugs.

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez