attribution

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of attributing something.
2. (countable, uncountable) An explicit or formal acknowledgment of ownership or authorship.
3. (countable, uncountable) A legal doctrine by which liability is extended to a defendant who did not actually commit the tortious or criminal act.

Synonyms

ascription

imputation

appropriation

competence

jurisdiction

output

production

rendering

rendition

return

reversionary

accusation

registration

alignment

allegation

Translations

atribución

attribution

attribuzione

απόδοση

atribució

acconmodamento

Zuschreibung

προσδιορισμός

adscripció

διάθεση

نسبة

κατανομή

Attribuierung

ارجاع

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌæ.tɹɪˈbju.ʃən/

Etymology

From Middle French attribution, from Latin attributio.

Sentences

This took on core notions in cognitive psychology and in particular memory and attribution .