headshrinkern.

Brit.

/ˈhɛdˌʃrɪŋkə/, U.S.

/ˈhɛdˌʃrɪŋkər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: head n.¹, shrinker n.

Etymology: < head n.¹ + shrinker n. Compare slightly later headshrinking n.

1. With reference to certain tribal societies: a headhunter who shrinks severed human heads and preserves them as trophies. See headshrinking n. 1. Now chiefly historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > killing > killer for specific reason or type of person > [noun] > to obtain (part of) body

skull-hunter1706

headhunter1800

Burkite1830

burker1831

headshrinker1921

1921 Boys' Life June 42/3 We give up our plan of visiting the head-shrinkers, and go by way of Peru and Chile.

1959 T. B. Morris Death among Orchids xiii. 121 There are still cannibals... But the worst of them are now..the head-shrinkers.

1987 D. Gersi Explorer v. 107 Once..in the Amazon jungle where I was looking for the Jivaro headshrinkers, a companion and I were awakened by painful bites all over our bodies.

2002 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 21 July vii. 19 The Shuar, headshrinkers whose culture has been much altered by their reception of evangelical Christianity.

2. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). A person who treats mental health problems; a psychotherapist, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, etc. Cf. shrink n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > psychiatry > [noun] > psychiatrist

mad-doctor1697

head-doctor1850

mind-curer1856

psychiater1857

alienist1864

psychopath1864

psychiatrist1869

mind-curist1889

trick-cyclist1897

soul doctor1922

loony-doctor1925

witch doctor1930

psych1946

headshrinker1950

wig-picker1961

shrink1966

shrinker1967

1950 Time 27 Nov. 19 Anyone who had predicted that he would end up as the rootin'-tootin' idol of U.S. children would have been led instantly off to a headshrinker.

1958 Spectator 22 Aug. 241/2 The head-shrinkers would doubtless say it is the universal human search for a father-figure that is behind it.

1988 R. Caron Jojo ii. 19 That got Lloyd another strapping and a hasty confrontation with the local head-shrinker. The psychiatric report described him in these terms.

2008 J. McMahon Island of Lost Girls 89 I'm no headshrinker, but know what I think?.. I think Patty's always blamed herself.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	headshrinker
释义	headshrinkern. Brit. /ˈhɛdˌʃrɪŋkə/, U.S. /ˈhɛdˌʃrɪŋkər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: head n.¹, shrinker n. Etymology: < head n.¹ + shrinker n. Compare slightly later headshrinking n. 1. With reference to certain tribal societies: a headhunter who shrinks severed human heads and preserves them as trophies. See headshrinking n. 1. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killer for specific reason or type of person > [noun] > to obtain (part of) body skull-hunter1706 headhunter1800 Burkite1830 burker1831 headshrinker1921 1921 Boys' Life June 42/3 We give up our plan of visiting the head-shrinkers, and go by way of Peru and Chile. 1959 T. B. Morris Death among Orchids xiii. 121 There are still cannibals... But the worst of them are now..the head-shrinkers. 1987 D. Gersi Explorer v. 107 Once..in the Amazon jungle where I was looking for the Jivaro headshrinkers, a companion and I were awakened by painful bites all over our bodies. 2002 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 21 July vii. 19 The Shuar, headshrinkers whose culture has been much altered by their reception of evangelical Christianity. 2. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). A person who treats mental health problems; a psychotherapist, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, etc. Cf. shrink n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > psychiatry > [noun] > psychiatrist mad-doctor1697 head-doctor1850 mind-curer1856 psychiater1857 alienist1864 psychopath1864 psychiatrist1869 mind-curist1889 trick-cyclist1897 soul doctor1922 loony-doctor1925 witch doctor1930 psych1946 headshrinker1950 wig-picker1961 shrink1966 shrinker1967 1950 Time 27 Nov. 19 Anyone who had predicted that he would end up as the rootin'-tootin' idol of U.S. children would have been led instantly off to a headshrinker. 1958 Spectator 22 Aug. 241/2 The head-shrinkers would doubtless say it is the universal human search for a father-figure that is behind it. 1988 R. Caron Jojo ii. 19 That got Lloyd another strapping and a hasty confrontation with the local head-shrinker. The psychiatric report described him in these terms. 2008 J. McMahon Island of Lost Girls 89 I'm no headshrinker, but know what I think?.. I think Patty's always blamed herself. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1921
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