parasitic
UK/ˌpæɹ.əˈsɪt.ɪk//ˌpɛɹ.əˈsɪt.ɪk/
parasitic adjective: of or pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite.
Adjective
parasitic (comparative more parasitic, superlative most parasitic)
- Of or pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite.
- Drawing upon another organism for sustenance.
- Exploiting another for personal gain.
- While some companies seem largely indifferent to gold farming, others see gold farmers as unfairly extracting value from property that they do not own. Gold farming is often described as a parasitic business practice that undermines the stability of virtual economics.2010 October 26, Greg Lastowka, Virtual Justice: The New Laws of Online Worlds, Yale University Press, →ISBN, →OL
- Intellectually, logically, conceptually, or metaphysically dependent (on something else in the same category)
- Of emotional damages: accompanying a physical or pecuniary injury.
Noun
parasitic (plural parasitics)
parasitic meaning in Hindi, Bengali, Tagalog and Arabic
parasitic in Hindi
- pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite
- परजीवी parjīvī, परजैविक parjaivik
- drawing upon another organism for sustenance
- परजीवी parjīvī
parasitic in Bengali
- parasitic
- পরজীবী pôrôjibi
parasitic in Tagalog
- pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite
- sasandigin
parasitic in Arabic
- pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite
- طُفَيْلِيّ ṭufayliyy
More languagesFewer languages
- parasitic in Thai
- ปรสิต bpà-rá-sìt
Examples of parasitic in a sentence
- The parasitic tyranny's infrastructure depends on secrecy in order to be effective.
- We have enough cold hard evidence in that presentation which will make a world of pain for our parasitic friends at Antarctica.
- Two other conditions can be confused with parasitic twins: fetus-in-fetu and mature teratoma.
Forms of parasitic
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more parasitic |
| superlative | most parasitic |
| alternative form | parasitical |
| Noun | |
| plural | parasitics |
Origin of parasitic
From parasite + -ic.
Words formed from parasitic
- alloparasitic
- antiparasitic
- autoparasitic
- biparasitic
- brood-parasitic
- chemicoparasitic
- circumparasitic
- ectoparasitic
- endoparasitic
- entomoparasitic
- epiparasitic
- extraparasitic
- haemoparasitic
- hemiparasitic
- hemoparasitic
- holoparasitic
- hyperparasitic
- imparasitic
- intraparasitic
- kleptoparasitic
- macroparasitic
- mesoparasitic
- microparasitic
- monoparasitic
- multiparasitic
- mycoparasitic
- neuroparasitic
- nonparasitic
- parasitical
- parasitically
- parasiticalness
- parasitic drag
- parasitic element
- parasitic gap
- parasitic jaeger
- periparasitic
- phytoparasitic
- polyparasitic
- postparasitic
- preparasitic
- self-parasitic
- semiparasitic
- superparasitic
- uniparasitic
- unparasitic
- xenoparasitic
- zoöparasitic
- zooparasitic
Phrases with parasitic
Questions about parasitic
- What does parasitic mean?
- Parasitic means of or pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite.
- What is parasitic in Hindi?
- Parasitic in Hindi is परजीवी (parjīvī), परजैविक (parjaivik). See Parasitic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is parasitic?
- Parasitic can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce parasitic?
- Parasitic is pronounced /ˌpæɹ.əˈsɪt.ɪk/ (UK).
Words near parasitic in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: parasitic (page history and authors); পরজীবী (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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