predatism

[ pri-dey-tiz-uhm, pred-uh-tiz-uhm ]

noun

1. the state of living as a predator or by predation.

Word History and Origins

Origin of predatism¹

First recorded in 1925–30; predat(ion) + -ism

Example Sentences

Allee et al. apparently do not include predatism in symbiosis.

From Project Gutenberg

The concepts parasitism, predatism, and symbiosis have all been used with various shades of meaning by different authors.

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In fact, Andrewartha and Birch generalized these relationships by calling both categories predatism.

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