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A '''headmate''' is a singular person or entity in a plural [[system]] or [[collective]]. They can be clearly separated (like in [[Dissociative Identity Disorder|DID]] or [[Otherwise Specified Dissociative Disorder#OSDD-1b|OSDD-1b]], called a [[partitionary]] system) or more blurry and fluid (like in [[median]] or [[Otherwise Specified Dissociative Disorder#OSDD-1a|OSDD-1a]]).  
A '''headmate''' is a singular person or entity in a plural [[system]] or [[collective]]. They can be clearly separated (like in [[Dissociative Identity Disorder|DID]] or [[Otherwise Specified Dissociative Disorder#OSDD-1b|OSDD-1b]], called a [[multiple]] or [[partitionary]] system) or more blurry and fluid (like in [[median]] or [[Otherwise Specified Dissociative Disorder#OSDD-1a|OSDD-1a]]).  


==Related Terms==
==Related Terms==
An [[alter]] is the medical term for a headmate; they have interchangeable definitions, but it is up to a specific system to decide whatever terminology they prefer.
An [[alter]] is the medical term for a headmate; they have interchangeable definitions, but it is up to a specific system to decide whatever terminology they prefer.
"System member" is another common way of referring to a headmate.
[[Pluran]] may also be used.

Revision as of 14:38, 14 April 2021

headmate ( n.)
Other formssystem member (n.), sysmate (n.) pluran (n.)
Synonymsalter

A headmate is a singular person or entity in a plural system or collective. They can be clearly separated (like in DID or OSDD-1b, called a multiple or partitionary system) or more blurry and fluid (like in median or OSDD-1a).

Related Terms

An alter is the medical term for a headmate; they have interchangeable definitions, but it is up to a specific system to decide whatever terminology they prefer.

"System member" is another common way of referring to a headmate.

Pluran may also be used.