"head-shrinker" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-head-shrinker.ogg [Australia] Forms: head-shrinkers [plural]
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. Head templates: {{en-noun}} head-shrinker (plural head-shrinkers)
  1. (slang) A psychiatrist or psychotherapist; a shrink. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Healthcare occupations Synonyms: headshrink, shrink, trick cyclist
    Sense id: en-head-shrinker-en-noun-VLFJnDe9 Disambiguation of Healthcare occupations: 69 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 64 36 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 48 52
  2. (literally) One who shrinks heads, as previously done by some Amazon tribes. Tags: literally Translations (one who shrinks the heads of the dead): kallonkutistaja (Finnish), fejzsugorító (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-head-shrinker-en-noun-QA1NcZFp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'one who shrinks the heads of the dead': 19 81
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Synonyms: headshrinker

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