ascription

English

Noun

ascription (usually uncountable, plural ascriptions)

1. The act, or an instance, of ascribing a quality, characteristic, quotation, artistic work, or other thing to someone or something.
   • 1846, Lydia Sigourney, Voice of Flowers, The Winter Hyacinth, page 7:

     And was thy breath
     A pure and sweet ascription to His praise?

   • 2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary:

     Since antiquity, Jewish tradition has softened the image by interpreting the word [zonah] as "innkeeper," one who "provides food" (/zun/). There is no reason, however, to doubt the ascription of harlotry.

2. (sociology) The stratification of people according to inborn characteristics (such as race or sex) outside of their control.

Derived terms

• misascription
• nonascription

 

Translations

act of ascribing a quality to someone or something

• Bulgarian: приписване n (pripisvane)
• Dutch: toewijzing (nl) f
• French: attribution (fr) f
• German: Zuschreibung (de) f
• Portuguese: atribuição (pt) f
• Russian: припи́сывание (ru) n (pripísyvanije)
• Swedish: tilldelning (sv)

See also

• ascriptive inequality on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• antipsoric, apicortins, crispation