ascription
ascription
Definition
as·crip·tion (ə skrip′s̸hən)
noun
- the act of ascribing or being ascribed
- a statement that ascribes; specif., a prayer or text ascribing glory to God
Etymology: L ascriptio < pp. of ascribere, ascribe
ascription
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- ontology: Ascription of intensional ontologies in anthropological descriptions of multi-agent systems.
- praise: But it starts with this wonderful ascription of praise to Jesus Christ for all that he has done to that community and for it.
- responsibility: The courts have failed to develop a special set of principles for the ascription of contractual responsibility in the context of network.
- intention: Despite the differences between them, I will call instances of ( 7 ) and ( 7 ) ascriptions of intention in action.
- knowledge: An ascription of knowledge is supposed to be an empirical proposition which is informative in so far as it excludes an alternative.
- authorship: But so far as the evidence of the book itself is concerned, while it records the tradition, its ascriptions of authorship vary.
Adjective modifier
- such: There is a danger that such trite ascription will harm this person's career rather than make a place for her in the pantheon.
- propositional: The road to hell: intentions & propositional attitude ascription.
- ontological: This is the only requirement that we impose to allow interoperation of agents as far as ontological ascription is concerned.
Noun used with modifier
- belief: New York: Academic Press McKay, T. ( 1981 ) On proper names in belief ascriptions.
- identity: Similarly, identity ascriptions by certain actors are more likely to gain acceptance by others when expressed in such terms.
- attitude: The road to hell: intentions & propositional attitude ascription.
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