attribution

Noun

Meaning

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

That which is ascribed or attributed.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

ascription citation credit designation assignment acknowledgment acknowledgement assignation quality application charge origin opposition background selection
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Antonyms

vindication bootlicking brown nosing arse-licking bum-sucking sweet-talking
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Hypernyms

classification sorting categorization categorisation

Hyponyms

imputation externalisation externalization animatism zoomorphism

Phrases with the word

attribution bias

Examples

The clarification of visual forms and their organization in integrated patterns as well as the attribution of such forms to suitable objects is one of the most effective training grounds of the young mind. Rudolf Arnheim

We safeguard the right to attribution very strongly. After all, what we are fighting for is the intent of copyright as it is described in the US constitution: the promotion of culture. Many artists are using recognition as their primary driving force to create culture. Rickard Falkvinge

Music has its existence on the borderline between meaning and nonsense. That is why most attempts to attribute a specific meaning to a piece of music seem to be beside the point-even when the attribution is authoritative, even when it is made by the composer himself. Charles Rosen

You will find in politics that you are much exposed to the attribution of false motive. Never complain and never explain. Stanley Baldwin

In the basic case, where the person is concerned with the dispositional properties of his surrounding environment, the choice is between external attribution and internal (self) attribution. Fritz Heider

the attribution of lighting to an expression of God's wrath Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

attributelessness attributeness attributer attribution bias attribution theory attributional