
Meaning of PLAGIARISM
| Pronunciation: | | 'pleyju`rizum
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WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own
- [n] a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
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| | Synonyms: | | piracy, plagiarisation, plagiarization |
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| | See Also: | | copyright infringement, infringement of copyright, piece of writing, writing, written material | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pla"gia*rism\, n. [Cf. F. plagiarisme.]
1. The act or practice of plagiarizing.
2. That which plagiarized.
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| | Related Terms: | | adoption, appropriation, assumption, autoplagiarism, borrowed plumes, borrowing, copying, counterfeiting, cribbing, derivation, deriving, doubling, duplication, echo, emulation, fakery, following, forgery, hit-off, imitation, impersonation, imposture, impression, infringement, infringement of copyright, infringing, lifting, literary piracy, mimesis, mirroring, mocking, onomatopoeia, parody, pasticcio, pastiche, piracy, pirating, plagiarizing, plagiary, purloining, quotation, reappearance, rebirth, recurrence, redoubling, reduplication, reecho, regurgitation, reincarnation, renewal, reoccurrence, repetition, reproduction, resumption, return, simulation, stealing, takeoff, taking, theft, thievery, usurpation |
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