ascription
Americannoun
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the act of ascribing
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a statement ascribing something to someone, esp praise to God
Etymology
Origin of ascription
1590–1600; < Latin ascrīptiōn- (stem of ascrīptiō ) a written addition. See a- 5, script, -ion
Example Sentences
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“Gender is an outdated ascription when it comes to fashion. We’re moving toward a place where taste is the true arbiter,” she says.
From New York Times • Nov. 8, 2021
“Our provocative ascription of free will to elementary particles is deliberate,” Conway and Kochen write, “since our theorem asserts that if experimenters have a certain freedom, then particles have exactly the same kind of freedom.”
From Scientific American • Feb. 14, 2021
To some extent, the ascription of malevolent powers to chemicals is an attempt to explain behavior that otherwise seems inexplicable.
From Forbes • Aug. 21, 2014
Now we find ourselves in a society in which the majority of people identify themselves as being middle class, but this ascription owes more to digestion than it does to acculturation, let alone occupation.
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2012
The ascription of human feelings or passions to God, or to a polytheistic deity.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
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