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parasitopolis|ˌpærəsaɪˈtɒpəlɪs|
[f. Gr. παράσιτο-ς parasite n. + πόλις city; see -polis.]
A parasite city; a city that is over-developed and economically non-productive.
1927P. Geddes in A. Defries Interpreter viii. 199 In all the great cities..you have in progress the history of Rome in its decline and fall. Beginning as Polis—the city, it developed into Metro-polis—the capital; but this into Megalo-polis—or city overgrown... Next, with its ample supply of ‘bread and shows’ (nowadays called ‘budget’) it was Parasito-polis, with degeneration accordingly. Thus, all manner of diseases, bodily, mental, moral: hence Patholo-polis, and finally,..Necro-polis—city of the dead. 1945L. Mumford in Archit. Rev. XCVII. 7/1 But one outstanding fact must first be frankly acknowledged: the Parasitopolis of the late nineteenth century has already become the spectral Necropolis of the mid-twentieth century. 1961― City in Hist. viii. 234 Parasitopolis had become Patholopolis; and even further, Patholopolis had turned into Psycho-patholopolis, with a Nero or a Caligula as absolute ruler. |