head-shrinker

See also: headshrinker

English

Etymology

Probably by reference to slang terms like "swelled head" for someone with delusions of grandeur; a psychiatrist would remove such delusions, thus figuratively shrinking the patient's swelled head.

Pronunciation

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Noun

head-shrinker (plural head-shrinkers)

1. (slang) A psychiatrist or psychotherapist; a shrink.
2. Literally, one who shrinks heads, as previously done by some Amazon tribes.

Synonyms

• shrink

Translations

slang: psychotherapist — see shrink

one who shrinks the heads of the dead

• Finnish: kallonkutistaja (fi)
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• Hungarian: fejzsugorító