All 10 Uses of
parasitic
in
The Fountainhead
- There's nothing like a good hot bath to make one feel like a parasite.†
Chpt 4.7
- He spoke slowly and without pity: "Howard, I'm a parasite.†
Chpt 4.8
- I've been a parasite all my life.†
Chpt 4.8
- And here man faces his basic alternative: he can survive in only one of two ways—by the independent work of his own mind or as a parasite fed by the minds of others.†
Chpt 4.18
- The parasite borrows.†
Chpt 4.18
- The parasite faces nature through an intermediary.†
Chpt 4.18
- The parasite's concern is the conquest of men.†
Chpt 4.18
- The parasite lives second-hand.†
Chpt 4.18
- He is a parasite in motive and makes parasites of those he serves.†
Chpt 4.18
- He is a parasite in motive and makes parasites of those he serves.†
Chpt 4.18 *
Definition:
a species that lives on (or in) another species and eats from it without providing return benefit
or:
a person who lives off others' efforts without providing return benefit to them
or:
a person who lives off others' efforts without providing return benefit to them