ascription

[ uh-skrip-shuhn ]

noun

1. the act of ascribing.
2. a statement ascribing something, especially praise to the Deity.

ascription

/ əˈskrɪpʃən; ədˈskrɪpʃən /

noun

1. the act of ascribing
2. a statement ascribing something to someone, esp praise to God

Word History and Origins

Origin of ascription¹

1590–1600; < Latin ascrīptiōn- (stem of ascrīptiō ) a written addition. See a- ⁵, script, -ion

Word History and Origins

Origin of ascription¹

C16: from Latin ascrīptiō, from ascrībere to ascribe

Example Sentences

“Gender is an outdated ascription when it comes to fashion. We’re moving toward a place where taste is the true arbiter,” she says.

From New York Times

“Our provocative ascription of free will to elementary particles is deliberate,” Conway and Kochen write, “since our theorem asserts that if experimenters have a certain freedom, then particles have exactly the same kind of freedom.”

From Scientific American

Cognitive therapy, at the least, hurries the process along and, at the most, helps unstick that subset of individuals who get stuck making negative ascriptions about themselves, typically about personal competence or lovability.

From Scientific American

At the same time, all the ascription conditions here are contested.

From The Guardian

We desire to be recognised for who we really are, and seek in our very ascription the means of uniting our intimate identities with our social selves.

From BBC