6 June 2016
symbiosis
[sim-bee-oh-sis, -bahy-]
noun, plural symbioses [sim-bee-oh-seez, -bahy-]
1. Biology.
the living together of two dissimilar organisms, as in mutualism, commensalism, amensalism, or parasitism.
(formerly) mutualism (def 1).
2. Psychiatry. a relationship between two people in which each person is dependent upon and receives reinforcement, whether beneficial or detrimental, from the other.
3. Psychoanalysis. the relationship between an infant and its mother in which the infant is dependent on the mother both physically and emotionally.
4. any interdependent or mutually beneficial relationship between two persons, groups, etc.
Origin of symbiosis
Greek
1615-1625; < Greek symbíōsis, equivalent to sym- sym- + biō (variant stem of bioûn to live) + -sis -sis
Related forms
symbiotic [sim-bee-ot-ik, -bahy-], symbiotical, adjective
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Examples from the Web for symbiosis
Contemporary Examples
The pig and Kris live in symbiosis, sharing feelings and visions with one another.
‘Upstream Color,’ Shane Carruth’s Sci-Fi Drama, Is the Year’s Craziest Film (So Far)
Marlow Stern
April 5, 2013
Are Anna and Grace opposites doing different things or is there symbiosis?
Inside Vogue’s Queendom
Kim Masters
August 25, 2009
Today’s quote
The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
– Carl Jung
On this day
6 June – Queensland Day, which celebrates the establishment of the colony of Queensland. On 6 June 1859, Queen Victoria gave her approval for the new colony by signing the Letters Patent. On the same day, an Order-in-Council gave Queensland its own Constitution.
6 June – Russian Language Day (UN) – coincides with the birthday of Aleksandr Pushkin, Russian poet who is considered the father of modern Russian literature.
6 June 1799 – birth of Aleksandr Pushkin, Russian poet and author of the romantic era. Considered the father of modern Russian literature. He was born into Russian nobility. His matrilineal great grandfather, Abram Gannibal, was brought over as a slave from Africa and had risen to the aristocracy. Died during a duel on 10 February 1837.
6 June 1808 – Napoleon’s brother, Joseph Bonaparte, is crowned King of Spain.
6 June 1844 – The Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) is founded in London.
6 June 1939 – Judge Joseph Force Crater, known as the ‘Missingest man in New York’ is declared legally dead after going missing nine years earlier. His body has never been found, but his disappearance fueled allegations of corruption in the City government and lead to the downfall of political organisation, Tammany Hall.
6 June 1944 – D-day (Operation Overlord), when the Allies launch a massive invasion of Europe to combat the German war machine. Over a million Allied troops storm the beaches of Normandy.
6 June 1961 – death of Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and founder of analytical psychology. He developed the concepts of extraversion and introversion; archetypes and collective unconscious. Born 26 July 1875.
6 June 1982 – the Lebanon War begins when Israeli forces under the command of the Defence Minister, Ariel Sharon, invade southern Lebanon, eventually pushing into Beirut. It lasted until June 1985. Israel suffered 657 dead and 3,887 wounded. Syrian and Palestinian casualties were 19,085 civilian and combatant deaths.
6 June 1984 – Tetris, one of the world’s biggest selling games, is released.