Associations to the word «Attribution»

ATTRIBUTION, noun. The act of attributing something.

ATTRIBUTION, noun. An explicit or formal acknowledgment of ownership or authorship.

ATTRIBUTION THEORY, noun. Theory that states that we all have a basic need to understand and explain the causes of other people's behavior

ATTRIBUTION, noun. Assigning some quality or character to a person or thing; "the attribution of language to birds"; "the ascription to me of honors I had not earned".

ATTRIBUTION, noun. Assigning to a cause or source; "the attribution of lighting to an expression of God's wrath"; "he questioned the attribution of the painting to Picasso".