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noun

1. 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
• Syn:
attribution
• Hypernyms:
classification, categorization, categorisation, sorting
• Hyponyms:
zoomorphism
2. assigning 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
• Syn:
attribution
• Derivationally related forms:
ascribe, attribute (for: attribution)
• Hypernyms:
classification, categorization, categorisation, sorting
• Hyponyms:
animatism, imputation, externalization, externalisation
• Attrubites:
attributable, unattributable, unascribable