ascription.

The attribution of a quality, action, authorship or source to someone or something.

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Words that belong together

• ascription of responsibility
• ascription of authorship

On the page

The ascription of responsibility relied on the division of duties.

The ascription of authorship remained uncertain after the handwriting comparison.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: explicit explanation, scope and categorization, proof and interpretation, philosophical foundations. Disciplines: academic writing, formal reasoning, philosophy. Commonness: uncommon.