Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

microplagiarism

/ˈmaɪ.kɹəˌpleɪd͡ʒəˌɹɪzm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mi-cropla-gia-rism
IPA
/ˈmaɪ.kɹəˌpleɪd͡ʒəˌɹɪzm/
24
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

Etymology tree English micro- 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 microplagiarism From micro- + plagiarism.

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Questions

How do you pronounce microplagiarism?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmaɪ.kɹəˌpleɪd͡ʒəˌɹɪzm/.
What does microplagiarism mean?
A kind of plagiarism which uses relatively short sections of arbitrary sources and combines them to form a larger, seemingly unified text.
Where does microplagiarism come from?
Etymology tree English micro- 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 microplagiarism From micro- + plagiarism.

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