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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ASCRIPTION

From Latin ascrīptiō, from ascrībere to ascribe.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ASCRIPTION

ascription  [əˈskrɪpʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ASCRIPTION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ascription is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ASCRIPTION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ascription

Ascription is the act of ascribing. In Sociology, it is a way to acquire status, along with achievement or chance - Cf. Ascriptive inequality. In Philosophy, it is related to belief ascription. It is as well a concept in Linguistics, refer to Predicate.

Definition of ascription in the English dictionary

The definition of ascription in the dictionary is the act of ascribing. Other definition of ascription is a statement ascribing something to someone, esp praise to God.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ASCRIPTION


adscription
ədˈskrɪpʃən
circumscription
ˌsɜːkəmˈskrɪpʃən
conniption
kəˈnɪpʃən
conscription
kənˈskrɪpʃən
consumption
kənˈsʌmpʃən
decryption
diːˈkrɪpʃən
description
dɪˈskrɪpʃən
Egyptian
ɪˈdʒɪpʃən
inscription
ɪnˈskrɪpʃən
misdescription
ˌmɪsdɪˈskrɪpʃən
nonprescription
ˌnɒnprɪˈskrɪpʃən
option
ˈɒpʃən
oversubscription
ˌəʊvəsəbˈskrɪpʃən
prescription
prɪˈskrɪpʃən
proscription
prəʊˈskrɪpʃən
redescription
ˌriːdɪˈskrɪpʃən
rescription
rɪˈskrɪpʃən
subscription
səbˈskrɪpʃən
superscription
ˌsuːpəˈskrɪpʃən
transcription
trænˈskrɪpʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ASCRIPTION

ascocarp
ascocarpic
ascogonia
ascogonium
Ascoli Piceno
ascomycete
ascomycetous
asconce
ascorbate
ascorbic acid
ascospore
ascosporic
ascot
ascribable
ascribe
ascriptive
ASCU
Asculum Picenum
ascus

WORDS THAT END LIKE ASCRIPTION

absorption
accreditation
adoption
alcohol consumption
assumption
caption
conception
contraception
corruption
deception
disruption
encryption
eruption
exemption
inception
interruption
job description
perception
reception
redemption
wedding reception

Synonyms and antonyms of ascription in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ascription» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ASCRIPTION

Find out the translation of ascription to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ascription from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ascription» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

归属
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

adscripción
570 millions of speakers

English

ascription
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ascription
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

النسبه
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

приписывание
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

atribuição
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অধ্যাস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

attribution
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ascription
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zuschreibung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

帰属
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

귀속
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ascription
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

qui cho
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ascription
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आरोप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

üstüne atma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

attribuzione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przypisywanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

приписування
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ascription
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ένδειξης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verlening
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

benämning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Ascription
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ascription

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ASCRIPTION»

The term «ascription» is regularly used and occupies the 70.843 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ASCRIPTION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ascription» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ascription» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ascription

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ASCRIPTION»

Discover the use of ascription in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ascription and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Collective Identity, Oppression, and the Right to ...
The book thus makes a unique contribution to both the field of critical theory, which has been woefully silent on issues of race, and to race theory, which often either presumes that a just society would be a raceless society, or focuses ...
Andrew J. Pierce, 2012
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Growing Moral Relations: Critique of Moral Status Ascription
Engaging with a variety of theoretical sources, this book offers a relational approach to moral status that questions individualist and objectivist assumptions made in these discussions, and proposes a less dualistic view by emphasizing the ...
Mark Coeckelbergh, 2012
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Coerced Sex: What Variables Affect Perceptions of Coercion ...
This project measured the affect of relationship status and the woman's reputation, within the context of a heterosexual sexual encounter, on perceptions of coercion and ascription of responsibility.
Tracy L. Tamborra, 2008
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Artificial Believers: The Ascription of Belief
The heart of this text is the presentation of an artificial intelligence (AI) program intended to simulate certain aspects of a human believer.
Afzal Ballim, Yorick Wilks, 2013
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The Objects of Evidence: Anthropological Approaches to the ...
Nicola Knight University of Michigan/London School of Economics and Political Science Rita Astuti London School of Economics and Political Science Ascription in general Through fieldwork, anthropologists acquire knowledge about what ...
Matthew Engelke, Matthew Eric Engelke, 2009
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Mind Ascribed: An Elaboration and Defence of Interpretivism
The resulting ascription is thus relative to the assignment of relevance to the sources. If the relevance measure is fixed, we can compare different ascription statements with the aim of finding the one that maximises the coherence of the partition ...
Bruno Mölder, 2010
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Ethnic Identity: Problems and Prospects for the Twenty-first ...
ETHNIC. ASCRIPTION. VERSUS. SELF-DEFINITIONS. m. As the chapters in the previous section have illustrated, ethnic identity is not only internally developed through the individual's self-consciousness of racial and cultural differences, but  ...
Lola Romanucci-Ross, George A. De Vos, Takeyuki Tsuda, 2006
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Malthus, Medicine & Morality: Malthusianism After 1798
But is there still room left for the religious ascription of meaning? This is a problem if one asserts that meaning is nothing other than the human ascription of signification and if one excludes meaning 'from without.' Once again we are faced with ...
Brian Dolan, 2000
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Language, Mind and Epistemology: On Donald Davidson's Philosophy
FIRST-PERSON KNOWLEDGE AND AUTHORITY1 Let us call a thought or belief whose content would be expressed by a sentence of subject-predicate form (by the thinker or someone attributing the thought to the thinker) an 'ascription'. Thus  ...
Gerhard Preyer, F. Siebelt, A. Ulfig, 1994
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Figuring the Self: Subject, Absolute, and Others in ...
But the fundamental character of self-ascription excludes designating any one of its factors that is not already characterized by an ascription that is self-ascription. Self- ascription is fundamental exactly because there is no factor through which ...
David E. Klemm, Günter Zöller, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ASCRIPTION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ascription is used in the context of the following news items.
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Re: Nkrumahism, The Can Of Worms I Opened–Noam Chomsky 1
Fortunately for us, though, there are ample landmarks in his misplaced attributive structure to show that Chomsky's carefully-worded ascription ... «GhanaWeb, Jul 15»
2
Step up in trip beckons for Brave
He wants fast ground so he and Ascription won't run in the same race. ... Palmer has to pick his races wisely for Ascription, whose appearances ... «Racinguk.com - pure racing entertainment, Jun 15»
3
Back to seven for Palmer's Brave
He wants fast ground so he and Ascription won't run in the same race. "He will run somewhere, maybe in the Hungerford at Newbury in August ... «Sportinglife.com, Jun 15»
4
Method to Jack's seeming madness
Prime Minister Persad-Bissessar seemed to have accepted the delusional ascription of her minister. Most recently, Moonilal seemed intent on ... «Trinidad Guardian, Jun 15»
5
Generosity during Ramadan
There is charity in every ascription of glory to Allah (i.e. by uttering SubhaanAllah); there is charity in every declaration of His Greatness (i.e. by ... «Gulf Times, Jun 15»
6
Curious case of gay conversion therapy
It's especially deadly when that ascription is used to rob them of their right to take part in things that may harm them. That's essentially an ... «Times of Malta, Jun 15»
7
Warning: This May Be Interpreted By Some As Extremely …
The document then lists a series of themes, such as “Alien In One's Own Land,” “Ascription of Intelligence,” “Color Blindness,” and “Myth of ... «Daily Caller, Jun 15»
8
Bangsamoro identity and modernity
... the right to identify themselves as Bangsamoro by ascription or self-ascription. Spouses and their descendants are classified as Bangsamoro. «Inquirer.net, Jun 15»
9
Forbidden at the University of California: "America Is the Land of …
In one Theme section, under the subheading of "Ascription of Intelligence,” professors are informed about the potential pain engendered by ... «FrontPage Magazine, Jun 15»
10
University of Cologne
Latour maintains that technology and nature as well as the social are connected in a network through the mutual ascription of characteristics ... «EurekAlert, Jun 15»

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