Attribution

[,ætrɪ'bjuːʃən] or [,ætrə'bjʊʃən]

Definition

(noun.) 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'.

(noun.) 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'.

Editor: Terence--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) The act of attributing or ascribing, as a quality, character, or function, to a thing or person, an effect to a cause.

(n.) That which is ascribed or attributed.

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