plagiarism.
Copying of another person's ideas, text, or other creative work, and presenting it as one's own, especially without permission; plagiarizing.
Meaning & usage
Copying of another person's ideas, text, or other creative work, and presenting it as one's own, especially without permission; plagiarizing.
Even if it's not illegal, plagiarism is usually frowned upon.
Copy from one, it's plagiarism. Copy from two, it's research.
Text or other work resulting from this act.
The novel was awash in plagiarism, with entire passages lifted verbatim.
The instance of plagiarism.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Latin plagium Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Latin plagiārius English plagiary Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English plagiarism From plagiary + -ism.
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