Ascription Definition & Meaning
ascription
- noun
- 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"
- 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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- What does ascription mean?
- 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" 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"
- What part of speech is ascription?
- Ascription is a noun.
- How many definitions does ascription have?
- Ascription has 2 definitions across 1 part of speech (noun).