Associations to the word «Ascription»

Wiktionary

ASCRIPTION, noun. The act, or an instance, of ascribing a quality, characteristic, quotation, artistic work, or other thing to someone or something.

Dictionary definition

ASCRIPTION, 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".
ASCRIPTION, 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".

Wise words

Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe