plagiarism
/ˈpleɪd͡ʒəɹɪzəm/
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Australia/ˈplæɪd͡ʒəɹɪzəm/
plagiarism noun: copying of another person's ideas, text, or other creative work, and presenting it as one's own, especially without permission; plagiarizing.
Noun
plagiarism (countable and uncountable, plural plagiarisms)
- 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.
plagiarism meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
plagiarism in Tamil
- ஆய்வு முதலிய படைப்புகளை, கருத்துகளைத் திருடுதல், இலக்கியத் திருட்டு, எழுத்துத் திருட்டு, கருத்துத்திருட்டு, கருத்துக்களவு
plagiarism in Urdu
- copying of someone's ideas
- ادبی سرقہ adabī-sarqa, سرقہ sarqa
plagiarism in Bengali
- copying of someone's ideas
- কুম্ভীলকবৃত্তি kumbhīlôkbritti
plagiarism in Malayalam
- മറ്റൊരാളുടെ ഭാഷ, ചിന്തകൾ, ആശയങ്ങൾ
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- plagiarism in Gujarati
- સાહિત્યચોરી sāhityacorī
- plagiarism in Tagalog
- nakaw-akda, plahiyo
- plagiarism in Arabic
- اِنْتِحال intiḥāl
- plagiarism in Malay
- plagiat
- plagiarism in Indonesian
- plagiat, plagiarisme
- plagiarism in Persian
- دستبرد فکری dastbord-e fekri
- plagiarism in Thai
- การคัดลอกผลงาน gāan-kát-lɔ̂ɔk-pǒn-ngāan
- plagiarism in Vietnamese
- đạo văn
Forms of plagiarism
| plural | plagiarisms |
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Origin of plagiarism
From plagiary + -ism.
Words formed from plagiarism
Questions about plagiarism
- What does plagiarism mean?
- Plagiarism means copying of another person's ideas, text, or other creative work, and presenting it as one's own, especially without permission; plagiarizing.
- What is plagiarism in Tamil?
- Plagiarism in Tamil is ஆய்வு முதலிய படைப்புகளை, கருத்துகளைத் திருடுதல், இலக்கியத் திருட்டு. See Plagiarism meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is plagiarism?
- Plagiarism is a noun.
- How do you pronounce plagiarism?
- Plagiarism is pronounced /ˈpleɪd͡ʒəɹɪzəm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of plagiarism?
- The plural of plagiarism is plagiarisms.
Words near plagiarism in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: plagiarism (page history and authors); plagiarism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); plagiarism (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); સાહિત્યચોરી (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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