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放火癖 (ほうかへき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

放ほう火か癖へき

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Meanings

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noun

Clinical or descriptive term for an impulse-control disorder involving deliberate fire-setting.

放ほう火か癖へきは精せい神しん医い学がくの分ぶん野やで研けん究きゅうされている。
Pyromania is studied in the field of psychiatry.

Kanji

放set free, release, fire
火fire
癖mannerism, habit, vice

Similar words

放ほう火か
放火 means 'arson' (the act), while 放火癖 refers specifically to the psychological compulsion to set fires.

Etymology

Compound of 放火 (arson) and 癖 (habit, tendency). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is conventionally associated with the clinical concept of pyromania.