PLAGIARISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does plagiarism mean? 

• PLAGIARISM (noun)
  The noun PLAGIARISM has 2 senses:

1. a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work

2. the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own

  Familiarity information: PLAGIARISM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLAGIARISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("plagiarism" is a kind of...):

piece of writing; writing; written material (the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect))

Derivation:

plagiarise (take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property)

plagiarist (someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own)

plagiaristic (copied and passed off as your own)

plagiarize (take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

piracy; plagiarisation; plagiarism; plagiarization

Hypernyms ("plagiarism" is a kind of...):

copyright infringement; infringement of copyright (a violation of the rights secured by a copyright)

Derivation:

plagiarise (take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property)

plagiarist (someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own)

plagiaristic (copied and passed off as your own)

plagiarize (take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property)