"ascription" in the noun sense
1. attribution, ascription
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"
2. attribution, ascription
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"
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