ascription

Words with a similar base: ascription

'ascription'

[attribution.n.01] as in: assigning some quality or character to a person or thing

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Examples:
the attribution of language to birds
the ascription to me of honors I had not earned

'ascription'

[attribution.n.02] as in: assigning to a cause or source

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Examples:
the attribution of lighting to an expression of God's wrath
he questioned the attribution of the painting to Picasso