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ascriptions

ascriptions is the plural of ascription.

Meaning of ascription

Noun

ascription (usually uncountable, plural ascriptions)

  1. (usually) The act, or an instance, of ascribing a quality, characteristic, quotation, artistic work, or other thing to someone or something.
    • And was thy breath
      A pure and sweet ascription to His praise?1846, Lydia Sigourney, Voice of Flowers, The Winter Hyacinth, page 7
  2. (usually) The stratification of people according to inborn characteristics (such as race or sex) outside of their control.

Questions about ascriptions

What is ascriptions the plural of?
Ascriptions is the plural of ascription.

Words near ascriptions in the dictionary

  1. ascribed statuses
  2. ascribes
  3. ascribeth
  4. ascribing
  5. ascription
  6. ascriptions
  7. ascriptitious
  8. ascriptive
  9. ascriptively
  10. ascriptives
  11. ascrotal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ascriptions (page history and authors); ascription (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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