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What does ascription mean?

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Noun
  1. The act, or an instance, of ascribing a quality, characteristic, quotation, artistic work, or other thing to someone or something.
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It begins to appear that the metaphysical question of determinism is quite irrelevant to the rationality of our ascription of responsibility.
This ascription has notoriously become a matter of debate and controversy in the modern era.
Furthermore, it seems likely that 52's ascription is the source for the other three ascriptions to Monck.
Knowledge of the law is hardly an appropriate test on which to base ascription of responsibility to the mentally disordered.
Just as we do with other humans, introspective experience allows ascription of similar mentality to other species.
The ascription of such powerlessness has been part of an assault on institutions by social scientists, among others.

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