attribution

Nouns

  • (n) 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,
  • (n) 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,

Synonyms

ascription

Words of close approximity

attributive