ascription
pronunciation
How to pronounce ascription in British English:
UK [ə'skrɪpʃn]
How to pronounce ascription in American English:
US [ə'skrɪpʃn]
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- Noun:
- assigning some quality or character to a person or thing
- assigning to a cause or source
Word Origin
- ascription (n.)
- 1590s, "action of adding in writing;" c. 1600, "attribution of authorship or origin," from Latin ascriptionem (nominative ascriptio) "an addition in writing," noun of action from past participle stem of ascribere (see ascribe).
Example
- 1. Analyzing the ascription of intellectual property rights in construction .
- 2. In this passage we will discuss the ascription to many juvenile delinquencies .
- 3. In the conclusion , the author presented another way to define the responsibility ascription of securities market civil liability misrepresentation .
- 4. Wouldn 't that be a wretched ascription ?
- 5. It is impossible to say how this certainly mistaken ascription began .