Meanings
nounplagiarism (countable and uncountable, plural plagiarisms)
plural plagiarisms
- uncountableCopying 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.
1 more example
Copy from one, it's plagiarism. Copy from two, it's research.
- uncountableText or other work resulting from this act.
The novel was awash in plagiarism, with entire passages lifted verbatim.
- countableThe instance of plagiarism.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own
Broader
copyright infringementinfringement of copyright
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*pel-
- Proto-Indo-European*pleḱ-
- Latinplagium
- Latinplagiārius
- Englishplagiary
- Englishplagiarism
Translations
Arabic اِنْتِحال
- اِنْتِحال (intiḥāl)copying of someone's ideas
Bengali কুম্ভীলকবৃত্তি
- কুম্ভীলকবৃত্তি (kumbhīlôkbritti)copying of someone's ideas
Bulgarian плагиа́тство, плагиа́т
- плагиа́тство (plagiátstvo)copying of someone's ideas
- плагиа́т (plagiát)copying of someone's ideas
Catalan plagi
- plagicopying of someone's ideas
Chinese Cantonese 剽竊 /剽窃, 抄襲 /抄袭
- 剽竊 /剽窃 (piu³ sit³, piu⁵ sit³)copying of someone's ideas
- 抄襲 /抄袭 (caau¹ zaap⁶)copying of someone's ideas
Chinese Mandarin 剽竊 /剽窃, 抄襲 /抄袭
- 剽竊 /剽窃 (piāoqiè, piàoqiè)copying of someone's ideas
- 抄襲 /抄袭 (chāoxí)copying of someone's ideas
- 剽竊物 /剽窃物 (piāoqièwù)act of plagiarizing or something plagiarized
- 抄襲物 /抄袭物 (chāoxíwù)act of plagiarizing or something plagiarized
Czech plagiátorství, plagiát
- plagiátorstvícopying of someone's ideas
- plagiátcopying of someone's ideas
- plagiátact of plagiarizing or something plagiarized
Danish plagiat
- plagiatcopying of someone's ideas
Dutch plagiaat
- plagiaatcopying of someone's ideas
Esperanto plagiato
- plagiatocopying of someone's ideas
Estonian plagiaat
- plagiaatcopying of someone's ideas
Finnish plagiointi, plagiaatti
- plagiointicopying of someone's ideas
- plagiaattiact of plagiarizing or something plagiarized
French plagiat, plagiat
- plagiatcopying of someone's ideas
- plagiatact of plagiarizing or something plagiarized
German Plagiat, Plagiat
- Plagiatcopying of someone's ideas
- Plagiatact of plagiarizing or something plagiarized
Greek λογοκλοπή
- λογοκλοπή (logoklopí)copying of someone's ideas
Icelandic ritstuldur
- ritstuldurcopying of someone's ideas
Indonesian plagiat, plagiarisme
- plagiatcopying of someone's ideas
- plagiarismecopying of someone's ideas
Italian plagio, copiatura
- plagiocopying of someone's ideas
- copiaturaact of plagiarizing or something plagiarized
- imitazioneact of plagiarizing or something plagiarized
Japanese 剽窃, 盗作
- 剽窃 (hyōsetsu)copying of someone's ideas
- 盗作 (tōsaku)copying of someone's ideas
- パクリ (pakuri)copying of someone's ideas
- 剽窃 (hyōsetsu)act of plagiarizing or something plagiarized
- 盗作 (tōsaku)act of plagiarizing or something plagiarized
Korean 표절, 도작
- 표절 (pyojeol)copying of someone's ideas
- 도작 (dojak)copying of someone's ideas
Latvian plaģiāts
- plaģiātscopying of someone's ideas
Lithuanian plagiatas, plagijavimas
- plagiatascopying of someone's ideas
- plagijavimascopying of someone's ideas
Malay plagiat
- plagiatcopying of someone's ideas
Norwegian plagiat, plagiat
- plagiatcopying of someone's ideas
- plagiatact of plagiarizing or something plagiarized
Persian دستبرد فکری
- دستبرد فکری (dastbord-e fekri)copying of someone's ideas
Polish plagiat, plagiat
- plagiatcopying of someone's ideas
- plagiatact of plagiarizing or something plagiarized
Portuguese plágio, plágio
- plágiocopying of someone's ideas
- plágioact of plagiarizing or something plagiarized
Romanian plagiat, plagiere
- plagiatcopying of someone's ideas
- plagierecopying of someone's ideas
- plagiatact of plagiarizing or something plagiarized
- plagiereact of plagiarizing or something plagiarized
Russian плагиа́т, плагиа́т
- плагиа́т (plagiát)copying of someone's ideas
- плагиа́т (plagiát)act of plagiarizing or something plagiarized
Slovak plagiátorstvo, plagiát
- plagiátorstvocopying of someone's ideas
- plagiátcopying of someone's ideas
Spanish plagio, plagio
- plagiocopying of someone's ideas
- plagioact of plagiarizing or something plagiarized
Swedish plagiering, plagiat
- plagieringcopying of someone's ideas
- plagiatcopying of someone's ideas
- plagiatact of plagiarizing or something plagiarized
- plagieringact of plagiarizing or something plagiarized
Tagalog nakaw-akda, plahiyo
- nakaw-akdacopying of someone's ideas
- plahiyocopying of someone's ideas
Thai การคัดลอกผลงาน
- การคัดลอกผลงาน (gāan-kát-lɔ̂ɔk-pǒn-ngāan)copying of someone's ideas
Turkish intihal, arakasyon
- intihalcopying of someone's ideas
- arakasyoncopying of someone's ideas
- arakasyonact of plagiarizing or something plagiarized
Ukrainian плагіа́т
- плагіа́т (plahiát)copying of someone's ideas
Urdu ادبی سرقہ, سرقہ
- ادبی سرقہ (adabī-sarqa)copying of someone's ideas
- سرقہ (sarqa)copying of someone's ideas
Vietnamese đạo văn
- đạo văncopying of someone's ideas
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