What is the meaning of ascription?

noun

  • Assigning some quality or character to a person or thing.
    • usage: "the attribution of language to birds"; "the ascription to me of honors I had not earned"
  • Assigning to a cause or source.
    • usage: "the attribution of lighting to an expression of God's wrath"; "he questioned the attribution of the painting to Picasso"
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