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Definitions for attribution
ˌæ trəˈbyu ʃənat·tri·bu·tion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. attribution, ascriptionnoun

    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. attribution, ascriptionnoun

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. attributionnoun

    The act of attributing something.

  2. attributionnoun

    An explicit or formal acknowledgment of ownership or authorship.

    The attribution of the quote is widely regarded as dubious.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Attributionnoun

    Commendation.

    Etymology: from to attribute.

    If speaking truth,
    In this fine age, were not thought flattery,
    Such attribution should the Douglas have,
    As not a soldier of this season’s stamp
    Should go so general current through the world. William Shakespeare, Henry IV. p. i.

ChatGPT

  1. attribution

    Attribution is the process of assigning or accrediting a particular work, action or event to a specific source or cause. This could relate to identifying the creator of a piece of work in intellectual properties, acknowledging the contribution of someone in a project, or in psychology, explaining behaviors by assigning it to an internal or external cause.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Attributionnoun

    the act of attributing or ascribing, as a quality, character, or function, to a thing or person, an effect to a cause

  2. Attributionnoun

    that which is ascribed or attributed

  3. Etymology: [L. attributio: cf. F. attribution.]

Wikidata

  1. Attribution

    Attribution is a concept in social psychology addressing the processes by which individuals explain the causes of behavior and events; attribution theory is an umbrella term for various models that attempt to explain those processes. Psychological research into attribution began with the work of Fritz Heider in the early part of the 20th century, subsequently developed by others such as Harold Kelley and Bernard Weiner.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of attribution in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of attribution in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of attribution in a Sentence

  1. Kara Frederick:

    I'm very circumspect about Biden’s actions in this summit because we're supposed to impose costs when cyberattacks occur and when they meet a level of attribution to a state, most cyber criminals in Russia operate with tacit state approval.

  2. Paul Chichester:

    We do not want Georgia to become Russia's next cyber-range, this attribution today is seeking to send a clear message: we believe this sort of activity is unacceptable.

  3. Ben Talebu:

    A highly deniable attack, such as the one on the hull of the tankers, would be entirely consistent with the past four decades of Iranian security strategy, which emphasizes increasing the challenges of attribution, overcoming conventional military weaknesses, and decreasing the prospects of escalation against the Iranian homeland for regime meddling.

  4. United States:

    Attribution in peacetime is tricky enough... I would say there's a real danger of unintentionally attributing something to United States that the United States or its allies simply did not do.

  5. The NSC:

    The United States is investigating attribution and will provide an update at the appropriate time.

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