plagiarism

using another author's work as if it was one's own original work
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plagiarism
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plagiarism

Summary

plagiarism ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,166 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • plagiarism is a type of copying[2].
  • plagiarism is a type of academic dishonesty[3].
  • plagiarism is a type of misrepresentation[4].
  • plagiarism is a type of violation of law[5].
  • plagiarism's Commons category is recorded as Plagiarism[6].
  • plagiarism comprises Q106469467[7].
  • plagiarism comprises Q106469472[8].
  • plagiarism's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Plagiarism[9].
  • plagiarism's described by source is recorded as Zedler, Großes vollständiges Universallexicon aller Wissenschaften und Künste[10].
  • plagiarism's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11].
  • plagiarism's described by source is recorded as Basque Literature Terms Dictionary[12].
  • plagiarism's partially coincident with is recorded as copyright infringement[13].
  • plagiarism's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://academia.stackexchange.com/tags/plagiarism[14].
  • plagiarism's has effect is recorded as derivative work[15].
  • plagiarism's different from is recorded as compilation[16].
  • plagiarism's different from is recorded as copyright infringement[17].
  • plagiarism's different from is recorded as ripoff[18].
  • plagiarism's different from is recorded as cryptomnesia[19].
  • plagiarism's uses is recorded as cut and paste job[20].
  • plagiarism's does not have characteristic is recorded as credit[21].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include copying[2], academic dishonesty[3], misrepresentation[4], and violation of law[5].

Use and Application

Components include Q106469467[7] and Q106469472[8].

Why It Matters

plagiarism ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,166 views/month).[1] plagiarism has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] plagiarism is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [12] . euskaltzaindia.eus. Retrieved . euskaltzaindia.eus. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
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  20. [21] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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