Contents
- 1 English
- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Noun
- 1.2.1 Usage notes
- 1.3 Anagrams
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
head + -mate. See head (“mind, thoughts”).
Noun[edit]
headmate (plural headmates)
- An imaginary friend.
- An alternate personality in someone with dissociative identity disorder or another form of psychological multiplicity.
- 2018, "The Entropy System", Toi Magazine, December 2018/January 2019, page 56:
- The first one of the headmates (our word for alter) I was aware of was a boy named Josh.
- 2020, Tynan Drake, "Intersectional Representation: LGBTQ+ and neurodiverse voices in transmedia fiction", paper submitted to Ball State University, page 36:
- With co-fronting, typically only one headmate at a time functions as the ‘main fronter’ who does the majority of physical driving of the body, […]
2021, Zarah Eve, Sarah Parry, “Exploring the experiences of young people with multiplicity”, in Youth and Policy:
Each headmate has their own experiences, memories, emotions and requirements, thus should be spoken to and referred to in their own preferred way.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:headmate.
- Synonym: alter
- 2018, "The Entropy System", Toi Magazine, December 2018/January 2019, page 56:
Usage notes[edit]
- Not a medical term.
Anagrams[edit]
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