attribution
noun
1 attribution
Assigning some quality or character to a person or thing:
— The attribution of language to birds.
synonym: ascription.
Roget 155: attribution, theory, etiology, ascription, reference to, rationale; accounting for etc. v.; palaetiology1, imputation, derivation from. filiation†, affiliation; ... show more
Roget 8: circumstance, situation, phase, position, posture, attitude, place, point; terms; regime; footing, standing, status. ... show more
Dutch: toewijzing
2 attribution
Assigning to a cause or source:
— The attribution of lighting to an expression of God's wrath.
— He questioned the attribution of the painting to Picasso.
synonym: ascription.
Dutch: attributie, toekenning, toeschrijving
Polish: atrybucja
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