attribution

/ætrɪbjˈuʃʌn/

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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"
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"