pyromania

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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

Over a four-decade career as lead singer for Def Leppard, Joe Elliott has sung about sugar, passion killers, hypnosis, “magical mysteria,” pyromania, being brought to his knees by love and riding on a nightmare machine.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2018

The term has been in common use since George Roby Dempster invented the contraption in 1936; evidently they’ve always been prone to pyromania or spontaneous combustion.

From Washington Post • Jan. 8, 2018

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

“You were gazing into that fire like you wanted to eat it or something. I have a cousin who for real struggles with pyromania, so I’ve seen that look before.”

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone