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English
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
Noun
head-shrinker (plural head-shrinkers)
- (slang) A psychiatrist or psychotherapist; a shrink.
- Synonyms: headshrink, shrink, trick cyclist
- (literally) One who shrinks heads, as previously done by some Amazon tribes.
Translations
slang: psychotherapist
— see shrinkone who shrinks the heads of the dead
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