English noun: ascription | |||
1. | ascription (cognition) assigning some quality or character to a person or thing | ||
Samples | The attribution of language to birds. The ascription to me of honors I had not earned. | ||
Synonyms | attribution | ||
Broader (hypernym) | categorisation, categorization, classification, sorting | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | zoomorphism | ||
2. | ascription (cognition) assigning to a cause or source | ||
Samples | The attribution of lighting to an expression of God's wrath. He questioned the attribution of the painting to Picasso. | ||
Synonyms | attribution | ||
Broader (hypernym) | categorisation, categorization, classification, sorting | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | animatism, externalisation, externalization, imputation | ||
Attribute | attributable, unascribable, unattributable | ||