plagiarism
/'pleidʤjərizm/
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Definition
- Noun:
- The act of plagiarizing: The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.
- A piece of plagiarized work: A specific work, such as a text, that has been copied from another source and presented as original.
Examples of Usage
- Noun (Act):
- The university has a strict policy against plagiarism.
- He was accused of plagiarism for copying paragraphs from a published article.
- Noun (Work):
- The essay turned out to be a plagiarism of a chapter from a famous novel.
- The professor identified several plagiarisms in the submitted assignments.
Advanced Usage
- "to commit plagiarism": To perform the act of plagiarizing.
- Students must understand that to commit plagiarism is a serious academic offense.
- "a case of plagiarism": An instance or specific occurrence of plagiarizing.
- The journal retracted the paper after discovering it was a clear case of plagiarism.
Variants and Related Words
- Plagiarize (verb): To take and use another person's ideas or work as one's own.
- It is unethical to plagiarize someone else's research.
- Plagiarist (noun): A person who plagiarizes.
- The author was exposed as a plagiarist.
Synonyms
- Copyright infringement: The use of works protected by copyright law without permission.
- Piracy: The unauthorized use or reproduction of another's work (often for software or media).
- Literary theft: The stealing of written work or ideas.
Related Phrases
- "self-plagiarism": The reuse of one's own previously published work without acknowledgment.
- Some journals also consider self-plagiarism to be unethical.
- "accidental plagiarism": Unintentional failure to cite sources or use proper quotation.
- Even accidental plagiarism can have serious consequences, so careful citation is essential.
Noun
- the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own
- a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work