Associations to the word «Parasitism»

Wiktionary

PARASITISM, noun. (ecology) Interaction between two organisms, in which one organism (the parasite) benefits and the other (the host) is harmed.
PARASITISM, noun. (figuratively) A similar interaction between people.

Dictionary definition

PARASITISM, noun. The relation between two different kinds of organisms in which one receives benefits from the other by causing damage to it (usually not fatal damage).

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley