ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Sourceless

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Sourceless is an adjective meaning Without a source.

Meaning

Without a source.

Example Sentences

Wikipedia-derived factoids can be so important that there is a well-known feedback loop, called citogenesis, in which the mainstream news finds some claim made in a Wikipedia article, and publishes it (without citing Wikipedia). Then Wikipedia itself makes use of the news article. By means of this loop, an ultimately “sourceless” factoid gains a spurious authority.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include originless, referenceless, authorless, resourceless, scopeless, topicless.

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