head-shrinker meaning

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head-shrinker (noun): a physician who specializes in psychiatry.

head-shrinker has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

head-shrinker as a noun

  1. a physician who specializes in psychiatry

    Synonyms: psychiatrist, shrink

    Type of: specialist

    Kinds: alienist, analyst, Horney, Jaspers, Menninger, Sullivan

  2. a savage who cuts off and preserves the heads of enemies as trophies

    Synonyms: headhunter

    Type of: savage

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