What does "autoplagiarism" mean?

The republishing or resubmitting of one's own work as if it were original.

What is a synonym for "autoplagiarism"?

Common synonyms include: appropriation, borrowing, plagiarism, self plagiarism, self-plagiarism.

Autoplagiarism

noun

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Noun

1
The republishing or resubmitting of one's own work as if it were original. uncountable
"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."

Synonyms

All synonyms

appropriation borrowing plagiarism self plagiarism self-plagiarism

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From auto- + plagiarism.

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