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"the attribution of lighting to an expression of God's wrath" "he questioned the attribution of the painting to Picasso"nounassigning to a cause or source
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"the attribution of language to birds"nounassigning some quality or character to a person or thing
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Definition that contains attribution
- identification the attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons)
- imputation the attribution to a source or cause
- zoomorphism the attribution of animal forms or qualities to a god
- animatism the attribution of consciousness and personality to natural phenomena such as thunderstorms and earthquakes and to objects such as plants and stones
- guilt by association the attribution of guilt (without proof) to individuals because the people they associate with are guilty