attribution

at·tri·bu·tion  (tr-byshn)

n.

1. The act of attributing, especially the act of establishing a particular person as the creator of a work of art.

2. Something, such as a quality or characteristic, that is related to a particular possessor; an attribute.

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attri·bution·al adj.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	attribution - assigning some quality or character to a person or thing; "the attribution of language to birds"; "the ascription to me of honors I had not earned" ascription categorisation, categorization, sorting, classification - the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories zoomorphism - the attribution of animal forms or qualities to a god
	2.	attribution - assigning to a cause or source; "the attribution of lighting to an expression of God's wrath"; "he questioned the attribution of the painting to Picasso" ascription categorisation, categorization, sorting, classification - the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories animatism - the attribution of consciousness and personality to natural phenomena such as thunderstorms and earthquakes and to objects such as plants and stones imputation - the attribution to a source or cause; "the imputation that my success was due to nepotism meant that I was not taken seriously" externalisation, externalization - attributing to outside causes

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attribution

noun ascription, charge, credit, blame, assignment, attachment, placement, referral, assignation, imputation

Translations

attribution [ætrɪˈbjuːʃən] n (see vt) → Zurückführung f; Zuschreibung f; Beimessung f