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ascription

noun

Reveal meaning and examples

The act of attributing a quality, cause, or responsibility to a particular source.

The historian questioned the ascription of the anonymous essay to a famous novelist.

Dictionary practice example.

The organizer's ascription of the project's success entirely to luck also ignored the group's months of careful preparation.