ascription

/əˈsrɪpʃən/
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Other forms: ascriptions

Definitions of ascription
  1. noun
    assigning to a cause or source
    synonyms: attribution
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    types:
    animatism
    the attribution of consciousness and personality to natural phenomena such as thunderstorms and earthquakes and to objects such as plants and stones
    imputation
    the attribution to a source or cause
    externalisation, externalization
    attributing to outside causes
    type of:
    categorisation, categorization, classification, sorting
    the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories
  2. noun
    assigning some quality or character to a person or thing
    “the ascription to me of honors I had not earned”
    synonyms: attribution
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    types:
    zoomorphism
    the attribution of animal forms or qualities to a god
    type of:
    categorisation, categorization, classification, sorting
    the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories
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