"ascription" meaning in English

See ascription in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: ascriptions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} ascription (usually uncountable, plural ascriptions)
  1. The act, or an instance, of ascribing a quality, characteristic, quotation, artistic work, or other thing to someone or something. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (act of ascribing a quality to someone or something): приписване (pripisvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), toewijzing [feminine] (Dutch), attribution [feminine] (French), Zuschreibung [feminine] (German), atribuição [feminine] (Portuguese), припи́сывание (pripísyvanije) [neuter] (Russian), tilldelning (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-ascription-en-noun-vhbWDhEY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of 'act of ascribing a quality to someone or something': 93 7
  2. (sociology) The stratification of people according to inborn characteristics (such as race or sex) outside of their control. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Sociology
    Sense id: en-ascription-en-noun-tWN9dyWy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47 Topics: human-sciences, sciences, social-science, sociology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: misascription, nonascription

Inflected forms

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