ascription

A noun referring to the act of assigning a quality, character, or attribute to someone or something, or the act of attributing something to a cause or source.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das die Handlung bezeichnet, jemandem oder etwas eine Eigenschaft, einen Charakterzug oder ein Attribut zuzuschreiben, oder die Handlung, etwas einer Ursache oder Quelle zuzuordnen.

1. Attribution of a quality C1 formal

   The act of assigning a particular quality, characteristic, or role to someone or something.

   • The ascription of genius to the artist was well-deserved.
   • His ascription of blame to the team was unfair.
   • The ascription of value to the painting increased over time.

   🇩🇪Zuschreibung einer Eigenschaft

   Synonyme: accreditationassignmentattributionchargingimputation

2. Attribution to a cause C1 formal

   The act of assigning something to a particular cause, source, or origin.

   • The ascription of the disease to a virus was a breakthrough.
   • Her ascription of the success to hard work was accurate.
   • The ascription of the quote to Shakespeare is disputed.

   🇩🇪Zuschreibung

   Synonyme: accreditationassignmentattributionchargingimputationreference

• ascriptions plural form
• ascriptions' possessive plural form
• ascription's possessive singular form