headshrinkingn.

Brit.

/ˈhɛdˌʃrɪŋkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈhɛdˌʃrɪŋkɪŋ/

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

Etymology: < head n.¹ + shrinking n. Compare slightly earlier headshrinker n.

1. In certain tribal societies: the practice of preserving and shrinking the severed heads of enemies as a trophy. Cf. shrunken head n. at shrunken adj. Additions. Now chiefly historical.In the process of headshrinking the skull is removed by a vertical incision at the back of the head, the holes for the eyes and mouth are sewn shut, and the skin is boiled, which causes shrinkage. The skin is then dried with heated rocks which continues the process of shrinking and enables the skin to be shaped into a distorted approximation of its original shape.

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society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [noun] > custom of a society or group > specifically among indigenous peoples

bora1866

avoidance1889

headshrinking1926

1926 G. M. Dyott On Trail of Unknown xii. 190 In the process of head-shrinking, the hair retains its original length and..looks longer than it did on the original man.

1947 New Castle (Pa.) News 21 Feb. 13/1 Clark said he learned some of the secrets of head shrinking from natives.

1988 B. Chorier tr. C. Lévi-Strauss Jealous Potter vi. 74 Head-shrinking, the art practiced with great skill by the Jivaro.

2. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). Treatment or analysis of a person's mental health; psychotherapy, psychiatry, or psychoanalysis.

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the world > health and disease > healing > psychiatry > [noun] > action of treating psychiatrically

headshrinking1954

psychiatrization1964

1954 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Tribune 20 Apr. 16/2 As a fashionable pastime, head shrinking in this set is on a par with canasta.

1998 T. C. Boyle Riven Rock 253 All the headshrinkers were Krauts, it seemed..and that was all right with O'Kane, since they'd invented headshrinking in the first place.

2009 N.Y. Post (Nexis) 7 Dec. 17 I don't believe any amount of head-shrinking will cure her of Hiram.

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

单词	headshrinking
释义	headshrinkingn. Brit. /ˈhɛdˌʃrɪŋkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈhɛdˌʃrɪŋkɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: head n.¹, shrinking n. Etymology: < head n.¹ + shrinking n. Compare slightly earlier headshrinker n. 1. In certain tribal societies: the practice of preserving and shrinking the severed heads of enemies as a trophy. Cf. shrunken head n. at shrunken adj. Additions. Now chiefly historical.In the process of headshrinking the skull is removed by a vertical incision at the back of the head, the holes for the eyes and mouth are sewn shut, and the skin is boiled, which causes shrinkage. The skin is then dried with heated rocks which continues the process of shrinking and enables the skin to be shaped into a distorted approximation of its original shape. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [noun] > custom of a society or group > specifically among indigenous peoples bora1866 avoidance1889 headshrinking1926 1926 G. M. Dyott On Trail of Unknown xii. 190 In the process of head-shrinking, the hair retains its original length and..looks longer than it did on the original man. 1947 New Castle (Pa.) News 21 Feb. 13/1 Clark said he learned some of the secrets of head shrinking from natives. 1988 B. Chorier tr. C. Lévi-Strauss Jealous Potter vi. 74 Head-shrinking, the art practiced with great skill by the Jivaro. 2. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). Treatment or analysis of a person's mental health; psychotherapy, psychiatry, or psychoanalysis. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > psychiatry > [noun] > action of treating psychiatrically headshrinking1954 psychiatrization1964 1954 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Tribune 20 Apr. 16/2 As a fashionable pastime, head shrinking in this set is on a par with canasta. 1998 T. C. Boyle Riven Rock 253 All the headshrinkers were Krauts, it seemed..and that was all right with O'Kane, since they'd invented headshrinking in the first place. 2009 N.Y. Post (Nexis) 7 Dec. 17 I don't believe any amount of head-shrinking will cure her of Hiram. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1926
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