1. Noun
The act of attributing or ascribing, as a quality, character, or function, to a thing or person, an effect to a cause.
2. Noun
That which is ascribed or attributed.
3. Noun
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"
Vocabulary classified under Psychology
4. 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"
Vocabulary classified under Psychology
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