cyberplagiarism en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek κυβερνάω (kubernáō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek κυβερνητικός (kubernētikós)bor. English cybernetic English cyber- Latin plagium Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Latin plagiārius English plagiary Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English plagiarism English cyberplagiarism From cyber- + plagiarism.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Plagiarism of work found on the Internet.
Cyberplagiarism, or copying from the Internet, is another problem rampant in schools, enabled by Internet access.
2007, Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents, and the Media:Now there is also cyberplagiarism, which refers, among other things, to putting together borrowed and unattributed material read on and drawn from the World Wide Web.
2008, Charles Bazerman, Handbook of Research on Writing:She sees cyberplagiarism as a huge problem, and "kids, well, they just don't seem to care."
2007, Paul G Harwood, Victor Asal, Educating the First Digital Generation: