Synonyms for attribution
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : a-truh-byoo-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌæ trəˈbyu ʃən |
Définition of attribution
Origin :- late 15c., "action of bestowing or assigning," from Middle French attribution (14c.), from Latin attributionem (nominative attributio) "an assignment, attribution," noun of action from past participle stem of attribuere (see attribute). Meaning "thing attributed" is recorded from 1580s.
- noun act of attributing
- This portion of the figure he enriches by the attribution of whiteness, or unity and radiance.
- Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
- It admits of but one attribution, and that embracing an identical proposition.
- Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright
- Still worse is the attribution of such weakness to the gods; as when the goddesses say, 'Alas!
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
- Again, in every predication there is an attribution of singular or plural.
- Extract from : « Sophist » by Plato
- The discovery and attribution of these figures is the work of K. Sudhoff.
- Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various
- Personification is the attribution of life to inanimate things.
- Extract from : « Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism » by F. V. N. Painter
- There can therefore be no doubt of the attribution of this tomb.
- Extract from : « History Of Egypt From 330 B.C. To The Present Time, Volume 12 (of 12) » by S. Rappoport
- It pressed upon him hard, and all round, assuredly, this attribution of power.
- Extract from : « The Golden Bowl » by Henry James
- This was simply an attribution of his personal apathy to everybody else.
- Extract from : « Human Intercourse » by Philip Gilbert Hamerton
- Here, again, is the attribution of one persons experience to all cases.
- Extract from : « Human Intercourse » by Philip Gilbert Hamerton
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