Jul 16, 2007 09:57
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English term
what's the antonym of "parasitic"
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What is the antonym of "parasitic" or "parasite". it is Ok if I just use "independent" ?
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English term (edited):
what\'s the antonym of \"parasitic\"
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self-sustaining, self-sustained
Without further context, this would be my suggestion...
self-sustaining
► adjective able to continue in a healthy state without outside assistance
DERIVATIVES
self-sustained adjective.
self-sustaining
► adjective able to continue in a healthy state without outside assistance
DERIVATIVES
self-sustained adjective.
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you could be right - independent
Without more context it's hard to say, as Inge and Peter have said. The following example supports your suggestion.
....And by dismissing blogs as "parasitic," newspaper journalists make themselves blind to the opportunities that blogging, as well as independent Web publishing in general, offer to both the newspaper industry and newspaper journalists....
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Note added at 51 mins (2007-07-16 10:48:39 GMT)
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Honest webmasters do NOT depend on Google; they depend on their own efforts, and take responsibility for their own success - and failure.
That's neither symbiotic nor parasitic; it's independent existence, and I commend it to you.
http://www.webmasterworld.com/google/3334098-7-30.htm
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Note added at 54 mins (2007-07-16 10:51:17 GMT)
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This website gives 'host' and 'blessing' - completely dependent on context.
http://www.answers.com/topic/parasite?cat=health
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Note added at 59 mins (2007-07-16 10:56:38 GMT)
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... host and blessing as antonyms for parasite...
....And by dismissing blogs as "parasitic," newspaper journalists make themselves blind to the opportunities that blogging, as well as independent Web publishing in general, offer to both the newspaper industry and newspaper journalists....
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Note added at 51 mins (2007-07-16 10:48:39 GMT)
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Honest webmasters do NOT depend on Google; they depend on their own efforts, and take responsibility for their own success - and failure.
That's neither symbiotic nor parasitic; it's independent existence, and I commend it to you.
http://www.webmasterworld.com/google/3334098-7-30.htm
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Note added at 54 mins (2007-07-16 10:51:17 GMT)
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This website gives 'host' and 'blessing' - completely dependent on context.
http://www.answers.com/topic/parasite?cat=health
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Note added at 59 mins (2007-07-16 10:56:38 GMT)
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... host and blessing as antonyms for parasite...
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P Waters
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Elena Aleksandrova
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Cagdas Karatas
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1 day 5 hrs
self-reliant
In its figurative sense, I think "self-reliant" is its antonym.
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