ascription
/əˈskrɪpʃən/noun
1- the attribution of something to a cause归因：
an ascription of effect to cause.
将结果归结为某原因。
1.1
- the attribution of a text, quotation, or work of art to a particular person or period（文章、引文或艺术作品）被认为是某人（或在某一时期）所作：
her ascription of the text to Boccaccio
她认为这一文本出自薄伽丘之手
mass noun questions of authorial ascription.关于作者是谁的问题。
1.2
- mass noun the action of regarding a quality as belonging to someone or something（认为某种品质）归属于（某人, 某事物）：
the ascription of special personal qualities to political leaders.
把特殊品质看成是政治领导人所特有的。
1.3
- a preacher's words ascribing praise to God at the end of a sermon（传教士布道快结束时）赞美上帝的话。
词源
late 16th cent.: from Latin ascriptio（n-）， from the verb ascribere （see ASCRIBE）.