ascription

Plural: ascriptions

Noun

• assigning some quality or character to a person or thing
  • "the ascription to me of honors I had not earned"
• assigning to a cause or source
• The act, or an instance, of ascribing a quality, characteristic, quotation, artistic work, or other thing to someone or something.
• The stratification of people according to inborn characteristics (such as race or sex) outside of their control.

Synonyms

attribution