Noun
The state or behavior of a parasite; the act of a parasite.
The state of being parasitic.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAlthough, in a form of parasitism called idiobiont, the adult paralyzes the host, so as not to kill it but for it to live as long as possible, for the parasitic larvae to benefit the most. Source: Internet
“Exxon’s Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project in the highlands of Papua New Guinea provides a distressing case study of large-scale economic parasitism.” Source: Internet
In 1963, Joseph Brodsky was charged with " social parasitism " and convicted for being nothing but a poet. Source: Internet
However, zombification followed by a slow death via being consumed from the inside may be enough to shed a sympathetic light upon these hapless victims of parasitism. Source: Internet
In addition to civilian casualties brought to the hospital every morning, Dr. LeFevre was seeing patients with tuberculosis, typhoid, cholera, plague, intestinal parasitism and infectious diarrhea among children. Source: Internet
'We assume that as yet unknown evolutionary forces first drive changes in the immune system, which are then exploited for the evolution of sexual parasitism,' said co-author Thomas Boehm, also at MPI-IE. Source: Internet