Plagiaristic
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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 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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