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.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant l'action d'attribuer une qualité, un caractère ou un attribut à quelqu'un ou à quelque chose, ou l'action de rapporter quelque chose à une cause ou à une source.

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.

   🇫🇷Attribution d'une qualité

   Synonymes: 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.

   🇫🇷Attribution à une cause

   Synonymes: accreditationassignmentattributionchargingimputationreference

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• ascription's possessive singular form