plagiarism

English

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Etymology

From plagiary +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpleɪʤəˌɹɪzm/

Noun

plagiarism (countable and uncountable; plural plagiarisms)

1. (uncountable) The act of plagiarizing: the copying of another person's ideas, text, or other creative work, and presenting it as one's own, especially without permission.

   Though plagiarism in and of itself is not illegal, it is usually frowned upon; and many cases of plagiarism involve illegal copyright violation.

2. (uncountable) Text or other work resulting from this act.

   The novel contained many instances of plagiarism; in fact, some entire passages were lifted verbatim from other novelists' work.

Related terms

• plagiarist
• plagiarize

Translations

copying of someone's ideas

Armenian: գրագողություն (hy) (gragoġut’yun), բանագողություն (hy) (banagoġut’yun) Chinese: Mandarin: 剽竊 (cmn), 剽窃 (cmn) (piāoqiè), 抄襲 (cmn), 抄袭 (cmn) (chāoxí) Czech: plagiátorství (cs) n. Dutch: plagiaat n. Esperanto: plagiato (eo) Finnish: plagiointi (fi)

French: plagiat (fr) m. German: Plagiat (de) n. Greek: λογοκλοπή (el) (logoklopí) f. Japanese: 剽窃 (ja) (hyōsetsu), 盗作 (ja) (tōsaku) Norwegian: plagiat (no) n. Portuguese: plágio (pt) m. Russian: плагиат (ru) (plagiát) m.

act of plagiarizing or something plagiarized

Chinese: Mandarin: 剽竊物 (cmn), 剽窃物 (cmn) (piāoqièwù), 抄襲物 (cmn), 抄袭物 (cmn) (chāoxíwù) Czech: plagiát m. (work resulting from plagiarism) Finnish: plagiaatti (fi) French: plagiat (fr) m.

German: Plagiat (de) n. Japanese: 剽窃 (ja) (hyōsetsu), 盗作 (ja) (tōsaku) Norwegian: plagiat (no) n. Portuguese: plágio (pt) m. Russian: плагиат (ru) (plagiát) m.

External links

• plagiarism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• plagiarism in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911