head-shrinker
Meaning
- (slang) A psychiatrist or psychotherapist; a shrink.
- (literally) One who shrinks heads, as previously done by some Amazon tribes.
Synonyms
Translations
psiquiatre
ψυχίατρος
psychiatriste Psychiatre
cacciatore di teste
encolhimento
psiquiatraEtymology
Originally US, 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.
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