hairpulling

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English

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Etymology

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From hair +‎ pulling.

Noun

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hairpulling (uncountable)

  1. The pulling of one's own or another's hair.
    • 2006, Nancy C. Andreasen, Donald W. Black, Introductory textbook of psychiatry:
      Shirley, a 42-year-old married homemaker, presented for evaluation of compulsive hairpulling.