| NOUN | cognition | ascription, attribution | assigning some quality or character to a person or thing |
|---|---|---|---|
| cognition | ascription, attribution | assigning to a cause or source |
| Meaning | Assigning some quality or character to a person or thing. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the ascription to me of honors I had not earned" | |
| Synonym | attribution | |
| Narrower | zoomorphism | The attribution of animal forms or qualities to a god |
| Broader | classification, categorization, categorisation, sorting | The basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories / categories |
| Spanish | atribución | |
| Meaning | Assigning to a cause or source. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | attribution | |
| Attributes | attributable | capable of being attributed |
| unattributable, unascribable | not attributable | |
| Narrower | animatism | The attribution of consciousness and personality to natural phenomena such as thunderstorms and earthquakes and to objects such as plants and stones / stones |
| externalization, externalisation | Attributing to outside causes | |
| imputation | The attribution to a source or cause | |
| Broader | classification, categorization, categorisation, sorting | The basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories / categories |
| Spanish | adscripción, atribución | |
| Catalan | adscripció, atribució | |
| Verbs | ascribe | attribute or credit to |
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