plagiarism

English

Etymology

From plagiary +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpleɪd͡ʒəˌɹɪzm/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

plagiarism (countable and uncountable, plural plagiarisms)

1. (uncountable) 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.

2. (uncountable) Text or other work resulting from this act.

   The novel was awash in plagiarism, with entire passages lifted verbatim.

3. (countable) The instance of plagiarism.

Derived terms

• autoplagiarism
• patchwork plagiarism
• self-plagiarism

 

Related terms

• microplagiarism
• plagiarist
• plagiarize

Translations

copying of someone's ideas

• Arabic: اِنْتِحال m (intiḥāl)
• Armenian: գրագողություն (hy) (gragoġutʻyun), բանագողություն (hy) (banagoġutʻyun)
• Belarusian: плагія́т m (plahiját)
• Bengali: কুম্ভীলকবৃত্তি (kumbhīlôkbritti)
• Bulgarian: плагиа́тство (bg) n (plagiátstvo), плагиа́т (bg) m (plagiát)
• Catalan: plagi (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 剽竊／剽窃 (piu³ sit³, piu⁵ sit³), 抄襲／抄袭 (caau¹ zaap⁶)

  Hokkien: 偷抾 (thau-khioh), 抄襲／抄袭 (zh-min-nan) (chhau-si̍p)

  Mandarin: 剽竊／剽窃 (zh) (piāoqiè, piàoqiè), 抄襲／抄袭 (zh) (chāoxí)

• Czech: plagiátorství (cs) n, plagiát (cs) m
• Danish: plagiat (da) n
• Dutch: plagiaat (nl) n
• Esperanto: plagiato
• Estonian: plagiaat
• Faroese: ritstuldur
• Finnish: plagiointi (fi)
• French: plagiat (fr) m
• Galician: plaxio (gl) m
• Georgian: პლაგიატი (ka) (ṗlagiaṭi)
• German: Plagiat (de) n
• Greek: λογοκλοπή (el) f (logoklopí)
• Icelandic: ritstuldur m
• Indonesian: plagiat (id), plagiarisme (id)
• Italian: plagio (it) m
• Japanese: 剽窃 (ja) (ひょうせつ, hyōsetsu), 盗作 (ja) (とうさく, tōsaku), パクリ (ja) (pakuri)
• Kazakh: плагиат (plagiat)
• Korean: 표절 (ko) (pyojeol), 도작 (dojak)
• Kyrgyz: плагиат (plagiat)
• Latvian: plaģiāts m
• Lithuanian: plagiatas m, plagijavimas m
• Macedonian: плагијат m (plagijat)
• Malay: plagiat (ms)
• Norwegian: plagiat n
• Occitan: plagiat (oc) m
• Ottoman Turkish: انتحال (intihal), سلخ (selh)
• Persian: دستبرد فکری (dastbord-e fekri)
• Polish: plagiat (pl) m
• Portuguese: plágio (pt) m
• Romanian: plagiat (ro) n, plagiere (ro) f
• Russian: плагиа́т (ru) m (plagiát)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: плагијат m

  Roman: plagijat (sh) m

• Slovak: plagiátorstvo n, plagiát m
• Slovene: plagiatorstvo n, plagiat m
• Spanish: plagio (es) m
• Swedish: plagiering (sv) c, plagiat (sv) n
• Tagalog: nakaw-akda, plahiyo
• Turkish: intihal (tr), arakasyon
• Ukrainian: плагіа́т m (plahiát)
• Urdu: ادبی سرقہ (adabī-sarqa), سرقہ (sarqa)
• Uzbek: plagiat (uz)
• Vietnamese: đạo văn (vi)

act of plagiarizing or something plagiarized

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 剽竊物／剽窃物 (piāoqièwù), 抄襲物／抄袭物 (chāoxíwù)

• Czech: plagiát (cs) m (work resulting from plagiarism)
• Finnish: plagiaatti (fi)
• French: plagiat (fr) m
• German: Plagiat (de) n
• Italian: copiatura (it) f, imitazione (it) f
• Japanese: 剽窃 (ja) (ひょうせつ, hyōsetsu), 盗作 (ja) (とうさく, tōsaku)
• Norwegian: plagiat n
• Occitan: plagiat (oc) m
• Ottoman Turkish: سلخ (selh)
• Polish: plagiat (pl) m
• Portuguese: plágio (pt) m
• Romanian: plagiat (ro) n, plagiere (ro) f
• Russian: плагиа́т (ru) m (plagiát)
• Spanish: plagio (es) m
• Swedish: plagiat (sv) n, plagiering (sv) c
• Turkish: arakasyon

Further reading

• “plagiarism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “plagiarism”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.