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attribution
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As a noun, attribution means the act of attributing something.
Meanings of attribution
5 meaningsnoun
The act of attributing something.
An explicit or formal acknowledgment of ownership or authorship.
“The attribution of the quote is widely regarded as dubious.”
lawA legal doctrine by which liability is extended to a defendant who did not actually commit the tortious or criminal act.
Assigning some quality or character to a person or thing
“the attribution of language to birds”
“the ascription to me of honors I had not earned”
Similar: ascriptionAssigning to a cause or source
“the attribution of lighting to an expression of God's wrath”
“he questioned the attribution of the painting to Picasso”
Similar: ascription
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).