at·tri·bu·tion ( t r -by  shn)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. at tri·bution·al adj. |
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| 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" 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" 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 |
attribution
noun ascription, charge, credit, blame, assignment, attachment, placement, referral, assignation, imputation There was attribution of evil intent to those with different views.
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no pl the attribution of this play to Shakespeare → (die Tatsache,) dass man Shakespeare dieses Schauspiel zuschreibt; the attribution of the accident to mechanical failure → (die Tatsache,) dass man den Unfall auf mechanisches Versagen zurückführt
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