attribution

noun (n)

1. assigning some quality or character to a person or thing (noun.cognition)

   The attribution of language to birds

   Sinonim: ascription

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2. assigning to a cause or source (noun.cognition)

   The attribution of lighting to an expression of God's wrath

   He questioned the attribution of the painting to Picasso

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

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