Definition of ascription
1 : the act of ascribing : attribution
2 : arbitrary placement (as at birth) in a particular social status
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Origin and Etymology of ascription
Late Latin ascription-, ascriptio, from Latin, written addition, from ascribere
First Known Use: 1598
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