attribution

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The act of attributing something.
An explicit or formal acknowledgment of ownership or authorship.
A legal doctrine by which liability is extended to a defendant who did not actually commit the tortious or criminal act.
Authority or function assigned

/ˌæ.tɹɪˈbju.ʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-attribution.wav

attribution attributions

From Middle French attribution, from Latin attributio.

reattribution

attributional attributionist attribution theory deattribution microattribution misattribution nonattribution not for attribution overattribution

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