autoplagiarism
autoplagiarism noun: the republishing or resubmitting of one's own work as if it were original.
Noun
autoplagiarism (uncountable)
- The republishing or resubmitting of one's own work as if it were original.
- A few lines are likewise borrowed from poems which I had written on ephemeral occasions. In this auto-plagiarism, I can quote a Virgil and a Byron for authority.1818, Eaton Stannard Barrett, Woman: A Poem, page 9
- We should say much more in the present instance, had it not fallen to our reviewing lot to have spoken quite to the point before, and we must not be guilty of plagiarizing — no, not even of auto-plagiarism.1894, The Auk, volume 11, page 167
- Synonyms:
- self-plagiarism
Synonyms of autoplagiarism
Forms of autoplagiarism
| alternative form | auto-plagiarism |
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Origin of autoplagiarism
From auto- + plagiarism.
Questions about autoplagiarism
- What does autoplagiarism mean?
- Autoplagiarism means the republishing or resubmitting of one's own work as if it were original.
- What part of speech is autoplagiarism?
- Autoplagiarism is a noun.
Words near autoplagiarism in the dictionary
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