# head-shrinker

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A psychiatrist or psychotherapist; a shrink.
2. One who shrinks heads, as previously done by some Amazon tribes.

## 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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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