head-shrinker

• Nom avec deux sens distincts : terme familier désignant un psychiatre ou un psychothérapeute, et terme historique désignant une personne qui pratique la chasse aux têtes et conserve celles-ci comme trophées.

A noun with two distinct meanings: a colloquial term for a psychiatrist or psychotherapist, and a historical term for a person who practices headhunting and preserving heads as trophies.

1. PsychiatristB2informalamericanmedical

   A medical doctor who specializes in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders.

   psychiatre (familier)

   • After months of anxiety, he finally decided to see a head-shrinker.
   • My head-shrinker helped me work through my childhood trauma.
   • She joked that her head-shrinker was the best listener she knew.

   Synonymespsychiatristpsychoanalystpsychotherapistshrinktherapist

2. HeadhunterC1formal

   A person from a tribe or culture who practices the custom of cutting off and preserving the heads of their enemies as trophies.

   chasseur de têtes

   • The explorer wrote about the rituals of the head-shrinkers in the Amazon.
   • Legends tell of head-shrinkers who believed the head held the enemy's power.
   • The museum displayed artifacts from head-shrinker tribes.