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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

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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))

Sense 2

plagiarism ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

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:

plagiarisation; plagiarization; piracy; plagiarism

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

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