"parasitism" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpæɹəs(a)ɪˌtɪzm̩/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-parasitism.wav [Southern-England] Forms: parasitisms [plural]
Etymology: From parasite + -ism. Cognate with French parasitisme and Portuguese and Spanish parasitismo. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|parasite|ism}} parasite + -ism, {{cog|fr|parasitisme}} French parasitisme, {{cog|pt|-}} Portuguese, {{cog|es|parasitismo}} Spanish parasitismo Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} parasitism (usually uncountable, plural parasitisms)
  1. (ecology) Interaction between two organisms, in which one organism (the parasite) benefits and the other (the host) is harmed. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Ecology Translations (interaction between two organisms): parasitisme [masculine] (Catalan), 寄生 (jìshēng) (Chinese Mandarin), cizopasnictví [neuter] (Czech), parazitismus [masculine] (Czech), parazitismo (Esperanto), parasitisme [masculine] (French), parasitismo [masculine] (Galician), Parasitismus [masculine] (German), Schmarotzertum [feminine] (German), Parasitentum [neuter] (German), παρασιτισμός (parasitismós) [masculine] (Greek), parassitismo [masculine] (Italian), паразитизм (parazitizm) (Kazakh), pasożytnictwo [neuter] (Polish), parasitismo [masculine] (Portuguese), parazitism [neuter] (Romanian), parasitismo [masculine] (Spanish), sự ký sinh (Vietnamese), ký sinh trùng (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-parasitism-en-noun-mxVP-ww7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 93 7 Topics: biology, ecology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'interaction between two organisms': 84 16
  2. (figuratively) A similar interaction between people. Tags: figuratively, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-parasitism-en-noun-kg4EutSf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: brood parasitism

Inflected forms

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