"autoplagiarism" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From auto- + plagiarism. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|auto-|plagiarism}} auto- + plagiarism Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} autoplagiarism (uncountable)
  1. The republishing or resubmitting of one's own work as if it were original. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: self-plagiarism, auto-plagiarism
    Sense id: en-autoplagiarism-en-noun-axl54puz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with auto-

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          "ref": "1818, Eaton Stannard Barrett, Woman: A Poem, page 9",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "1894, The Auk, volume 11, page 167",
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          "text": "Is autoplagiarism a crime, or a sin, or a fault, or a foible? Town Topics calls attention to \"the boldness that has been exhibited by Alfred Henry Lewis in the gentle art of filching from his own published works to lighten the burdens of authorship.\"",
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