ascriptively

Variant of ascriptive

ascriptive definition

as·crip·tive (ə skrip′tiv)

adjective

designating a society, group, etc. in which status is based on a predetermined factor, as age, sex, or race, and not on individual achievement

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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