Headmate: Difference between revisions

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| forms = system member (n.), sysmate (n.) pluran (n.)
| forms = system member (n.), sysmate (n.) pluran (n.)
| image = Lhz-headmate.png
| image = Lhz-headmate.png
| image caption = Flag by localhazard<ref>https://archive.ph/SAASI</ref>
| image caption = Flag by localhazard<ref name="lhz">https://archive.ph/SAASI</ref>
| synonyms = [[alter]]
| synonyms = [[alter]]
| usage_noun = yes
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==Related Terms==
==Related Terms==
An [[alter]] is the medical term for a headmate, however it has never exclusively referred to systems with traumatic origins and these terms have interchangeable definitions. It is up to a specific system to decide whatever terminology they prefer.
An [[alter]] or [[part]] is the medical term for a headmate, however it has never exclusively referred to systems with traumatic origins and these terms have interchangeable definitions. It is up to a specific system to decide whatever terminology they prefer.


"System member" and "[[pluran]]" are other common ways to refer to headmates. "Sysmate" is also used by some, particularly by those who dislike the connotation that system members are "in the head" or an exclusively mental phenomenon.
"System member" and "[[pluran]]" are other common ways to refer to headmates. "Sysmate" is also used by some, particularly by those who dislike the connotation that system members are "in the head" or an exclusively mental phenomenon.
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== Gallery ==
== Gallery ==
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File:Lhz-systemmember.png|System Member flag by localhazard<ref>https://archive.ph/03lR9</ref>
Lhz-headmate.png|Headmate flag by localhazard<ref name="lhz"/>.
Lhz-systemmember.png|System Member flag by localhazard<ref>https://archive.ph/03lR9</ref>.
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Revision as of 23:39, 1 February 2023

headmate ( n.)
Flag by localhazard[1]
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 or part is the medical term for a headmate, however it has never exclusively referred to systems with traumatic origins and these terms have interchangeable definitions. It is up to a specific system to decide whatever terminology they prefer.

"System member" and "pluran" are other common ways to refer to headmates. "Sysmate" is also used by some, particularly by those who dislike the connotation that system members are "in the head" or an exclusively mental phenomenon.

Gallery

References