attribution
attribution Lexical Profile
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• noun
The action of regarding something as being caused by a specified person, event, or factor.
"The psychologist studied how people's attribution of blame affects their emotional recovery."
The action of ascribing a work of art, literature, or a quotation to a particular author, artist, or period, or a formal credit acknowledging such authorship.
"The museum curator spent months verifying the attribution of the newly discovered Renaissance painting."
The action of regarding a quality or feature as characteristic of or possessed by a person or thing.
"The attribution of human emotions to wild animals often leads to misunderstandings about their natural behavior."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 14th century from Old French attribution or directly from Latin attributio, a noun of action from the verb attribuere ('to assign or bestow'), formed from ad- ('to') and tribuere ('to assign or allot').