ascription
About 0.52 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun The act, or an instance, of ascribing a quality, characteristic, quotation, artistic work, or other thing to someone or something.
- noun The stratification of people according to inborn characteristics (such as race or sex) outside of their control.
Similar words
attribution ascriptive imputation assignation assignment quote blaming association accredition appropriation
Often followed by
of to is and in by as or was
Word family
ascriptions
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