Noun: ascription u'skrip-shun
- Assigning to a cause or source
"The ascription of the painting to Rembrandt was disputed";
- attribution
- Assigning some quality or character to a person or thing
"the ascription to me of honours I had not earned";
- attribution
Derived forms: ascriptions
See also: attributable, nonattributable, unascribable, unattributable
Type of: categorisation [Brit], categorization, classification, sorting
Encyclopedia: Ascription