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 Meaning of ATTRIBUTION
| Pronunciation: |  | `atru'byooshun 
 
 |  |  WordNet Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  | [n]  assigning to a cause or source |  |  |  |  | Websites: |  |  |  |  |  |  | Synonyms: |  | ascription |  |  |  |  | See Also: |  | animatism, categorisation, categorization, classification, externalisation, externalization, imputation, sorting |  |     |  |  Webster's 1913 Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  | \At`tri*bu"tion\, n. [L. attributio: cf. F.
attribution.]
1. The act of attributing or ascribing, as a quality,
   character, or function, to a thing or person, an effect to
   a cause.
2. That which is ascribed or attributed.
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