plagiarism
pronunciation
How to pronounce plagiarism in British English:
UK [ˈpleɪdʒərɪzəm]
How to pronounce plagiarism in American English:
US [ˈpleɪdʒərɪzəm]
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- Noun:
- a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
- the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own
Word Origin
- plagiarism (n.)
- 1620s, from -ism + plagiary (n.) "plagiarist, literary thief" (1590s), from Latin plagiarius "kidnapper, seducer, plunderer, one who kidnaps the child or slave of another," used by Martial in the sense of "literary thief," from plagiare "to kidnap," plagium "kidnapping," from plaga "snare, hunting net," perhaps from PIE *plag- (on notion of "something extended"), from root *plak- (1) "to be flat" (see placenta).
Example
- 1. It is fine for artists to joke about plagiarism .
- 2. The plagiarism industry is booming as more and more students pass off someone else 's work as their own , a bbc investigation has discovered .
- 3. The consequences of plagiarism were dire .
- 4. Germany 's popular defence minister may survive a plagiarism scandal .
- 5. They point to how software has made it easier to uncover plagiarism .