| 单词 | pyromanic |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspyroˈmanic pyroˈmanic adj. of or relating to pyromania. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > morbidly preoccupied > pyromaniac pyromaniac1873 pyromaniacal1873 pyromanic1914 1914 Jrnl. Amer. Instit. Criminal Law & Criminology Nov. 573 An individual who starts voluntary conflagrations whenever intoxicated, without ever having shown in a state of sobriety any pyromanic tendencies. 1926 J. I. Suttie tr. S. Ferenczi Further Contrib. Psycho-anal. xxxi. 258 There were quite a number [of cases] in which incendiaries set fire to their beds, as though to indicate the..enuristic primitive source of their pyromanic character trait. 1988 L. Blair Ring of Fire iii. 84 This left just three hours before darkness in which to follow and film the culminating procession to the burial-cliffs, and to return..to cover whatever pyromanic tendencies we might have managed to rekindle there. 1999 Geogr. Rev. 89 344 Incidents of arson by unemployed firefighters who seek work, and the pyromanic activities of demented individuals. < as lemmas |
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