Synonyms for plagiarism
ˈpleɪ dʒəˌrɪz əm, -dʒi əˌrɪz-pla·gia·rism

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. plagiarismnoun

   a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work

   Synonyms:
   plagiarization, piracy, plagiarisation

2. plagiarism, plagiarization, plagiarisation, piracynoun

   the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own

   Synonyms:
   plagiarization, piracy, buccaneering, plagiarisation

Matched Categories

1. • Copyright Infringement
   • Writing

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. plagiarismnoun

   Synonyms:
   literary theft

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1. plagiarism

   Plagiarism types are many: direct plagiarism, poor paraphrasing, overused synonymization (known as mosaic plagiarism), accidental plagiarism, and even self-plagiarism. The latest goes for duplicating parts of own published works for creating new ones.
   
   As everyone can write and publish content today, the issue of plagiarism is topical like never before. From the world of academia with its essays, theses and dissertations to texts creation and distribution on the web, experts do their best to solve the problem. Educational institutions struggle with it, relying on a reputable plagiarism checker, while journalists, bloggers, and marketers consider legal measures to protect works from duplications and avoid accusations of plagiarism from third parties. Web writers choose corresponding plagiarism check tools as well: their improved algorithms help to detect duplications in own works and revise them accordingly to avoid copyright infringement.

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How to use plagiarism in a sentence?

1. Dorothy Parker:

   The only "ism" Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.

2. Zuo Jianlong:

   Lots of people online have talked about plagiarism, but it seems from the legal side that the matter is quite clear - at root there is no plagiaristic behavior, if you put the two films side-by-side to compare them, then you will know they are completely different.

3. Howard Dietz:

   I don't like composers who think. It gets in the way of their plagiarism.

4. Paul Gauguin:

   Art is either plagiarism or revolution.

5. Wilson Mizner:

   When you take stuff from one writer it's plagiarism but when you take it from many writers, it's research.