-ism, -ismus

1. The unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work.
2. The process of copying another person's idea or written work and claiming it as original.
3. Something plagiarized; such as, a piece of written work or an idea that somebody has copied and claimed as his or her own.
4. The use of another person's idea or a part of his/her work and pretend that it is one's own.

Plagiarisms: Past and Present.

In psychoanalysis, the original psychic energy embodied or invested in the ego.

1. The use of a machine that looks like a human being and performs various complex acts (as walking or talking) of a human being.
2. Using a similar but fictional machine whose lack of capacity for human emotions is often emphasized; such as, an efficient insensitive person who functions automatically.
3. Utilizing a device that automatically performs complicated often repetitive tasks or a mechanism guided by automatic controls.

1. Rising out of bed and walking around or performing other complex motor behavior during an apparent state of sleep; usually occurring in the first third of the night and lasting a few minutes to a half hour. 2. The fact or habit of walking about and performing other actions while asleep; sleep-walking.
3. The clinical term for sleepwalking, which is described as a "partial arousal" disorder, in which a person is not fully asleep but not completely awake.

In addition to medications, sleepwalking can be triggered by sleep deprivation, alcohol, fevers, stress, and some mental and neurological conditions.

4. Also called: noctambulation, "night walking", and somnambulance.

1. Willful or malicious destruction of public or private property.
2. Deliberately mischievous or malicious destruction or damage of property: "It is easy to see the vandalism to public buildings."
3. The conduct or spirit characteristic of the Vandals.
4. Willful or ignorant destruction of artistic or literary treasures.
5. A vandalic act.