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.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa o ato de atribuir uma qualidade, caráter ou atributo a alguém ou algo, ou o ato de atribuir algo a uma causa ou fonte.

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.

   🇵🇹Atribuição de qualidade

   Sinônimos: 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.

   🇵🇹Atribuição

   Sinônimos: accreditationassignmentattributionchargingimputationreference

• ascriptions plural form
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• ascription's possessive singular form