Plagiaristic

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Characteristic of a plagiarist; of, relating to, or characterized by plagiarism.

    "[…] the intimate revelations of young men or at least the terms in which they express them are usually plagiaristic and marred by obvious suppressions."

Adjective
  1. 1
    copied and passed off as your own wordnet

Example

More examples

"Most of the confidences were unsought — frequently I have feigned sleep, preoccupation, or a hostile levity when I realized by some unmistakable sign that an intimate revelation was quivering on the horizon; for the intimate revelations of young men, or at least the terms in which they express them, are usually plagiaristic and marred by obvious suppressions."

Etymology

From plagiary + -istic or plagiarist + -ic.

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