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attribution

[ US /ˌætɹɪbˈjuʃən/ ]
[ UK /ɐtɹɪbjˈuːʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. 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
  2. assigning to a cause or source
    he questioned the attribution of the painting to Picasso
    the attribution of lighting to an expression of God's wrath

How To Use attribution In A Sentence

  • I argue that the relationship between past success and convergent thinking may depend on the attributions that groups generate to explain their shared success.
  • We also fall prey to the fundamental attribution error, where we overvalue "dispositional" elements "She's bad at money" and undervalue NYT > Home Page
  • This attribution is based on the similarities between the depiction of Christ and his flock and other designs that have been documented to Wilson.
  • That use of the passive in written language which allows non-attribution of agency is typically absent from conversational speech.
  • After notice and a period for comments, Creative Commons has versioned the attribution clause in our licenses.
  • The lack of documentary evidence has precluded the attribution of a direct causal relationship between the two.
  • My point is why make the claim for a developed canon in the first place, especially when it is based on conjectural attributions and dates.
  • Thus we make attributions of causal relatedness on the basis of prior acceptance of scientific explanations.
  • Given this insight, efforts to curb aggression in children of all ages have moved to include what Larry Aber calls "attributional retraining"; that is, helping children step back when something happens to them and make sense of the situation. Ellen Galinsky: Reducing Conflict in Children: Lessons From Larry Aber
  • They revealed a host of misunderstandings, including patients thinking doctors had information when they didn't, doctors thinking patients understood something when they didn't, and misattribution of side effects.
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