| Main Entry: | attribution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | act of attributing |
Synonyms: |
acknowledgment, adscription, ascription, assignment, credit |
| Concept: | [Assignment of cause] Attribution. |
| Category: | 1. CONSTANCY OF SEQUENCE IN EVENTS |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
attribution, theory, etiology, ascription, reference to, rationale; accounting for; palaetiology, imputation, derivation from., filiation, affiliation; pedigree (paternity)., explanation (interpretation); reason why (cause).
-verbs
attribute to, ascribe to, impute to, refer to, lay to, point to, trace to, bring home to; put down to, set down to, blame; charge on, ground on; invest with, assign as cause, lay at, the door of, father upon; account for, derive from, point out the reason [more]; theorize; tell how it comes; put the saddle on the right horse.
-adjectives
attributed; attributable; referable to, referible to, due to, derivable from; owing to (effect); putative; ecbatic.
-adverbs
hence, thence, therefore, for, since, on account of, because, owing to; on that account; from this cause, from that cause; thanks to, forasmuch as; whence, propter hoc., why? wherefore? whence? how comes it, how is it, how happens it? how does it happen?, in some way, in some such way; somehow, somehow or other.
-phrases
that is why; hinc illae lachrymae [Horace. "Hence those tears" (Latin)].
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Antonyms: |
chance |
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| Main Entry: | accusation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | charge of wrongdoing, fault |
Synonyms: |
allegation, arraignment, attribution, beef, blast*, bum rap, censure, citation, complaint, denunciation, dido, exposé, gripe, impeachment, imputation, incrimination, indictment, insinuation, recrimination, roar*, rumble*, slur, squawk, stink* |
Antonyms: |
exculpation, praise |
| Main Entry: | assignment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | selecting or setting apart |
Synonyms: |
allocation, allotment, appointment, apportionment, appropriation, ascription, assignation, attribution, authorization, choice, consignment, delegation, designation, determination, distribution, giving, grant, nomination, selection, specification, stipulation |
Antonyms: |
keeping |
| Main Entry: | blame |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | condemnation |
Synonyms: |
accusation, animadversion, arraignment, attack, attribution, castigation, censure, charge, chiding, complaint, criticism, denunciation, depreciation, diatribe, disapprobation, disapproval, disfavor, disparagement, expostulation, exprobation, impeachment, implication, imputation, incrimination, inculpation, indictment, invective, objurgation, obloquy, opposition, rebuke, recrimination, remonstrance, reprehension, reprimand, reproach, reprobation, reproof, repudiation, slur, tirade |
Antonyms: |
applause, commendation, exaltation, exculpation, exoneration, praise, thanks |
| Main Entry: | hypothesis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | theory |
Synonyms: |
antecedent, apriority, assignment, assumption, attribution, axiom, basis, belief, conclusion, condition, conjecture, data, deduction, demonstration, derivation, explanation, foundation, ground, guess, inference, interpretation, layout, lemma, philosophy, plan, position, postulate, premise, presupposition, principle, proposal, proposition, rationale, reason, scheme, shot in the dark, speculation, starting point, suggestion, supposition, surmise, system, tentative law, term, theorem, thesis |
Antonyms: |
calcualtion, measurement, proof, reality, truth |
| Main Entry: | imputation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ascription |
Synonyms: |
accusation, allegation, attribution, incrimination, insinuation |
| Main Entry: | incrimination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accusation |
Synonyms: |
allegation, arraignment, attribution, beef, blast*, bum rap, censure, charge, citation, complaint, denouncement, denunciation, dido, exposé, gripe, impeachment, imputation, indictment, insinuation, recrimination, roar*, rumble*, slur, squawk, stink* |
| Main Entry: | reprehension |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blame |
Synonyms: |
accusation, animadversion, arraignment, attack, attribution, castigation, censure, charge, chiding, complaint, condemnation, criticism, denunciation, depreciation, diatribe, disapprobation, disapproval, disfavor, disparagement, expostulation, exprobation, impeachment, implication, imputation, incrimination, inculpation, indictment, invective, objurgation, obloquy, opposition, rebuke, recrimination, remonstrance, reprimand, reproach, reprobation, reproof, repudiation, slur, tirade |
| Main Entry: | reprobation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blame |
Synonyms: |
accusation, animadversion, arraignment, attack, attribution, castigation, censure, charge, chiding, complaint, condemnation, criticism, denunciation, depreciation, diatribe, disapprobation, disapproval, disfavor, disparagement, expostulation, exprobation, impeachment, implication, imputation, incrimination, inculpation, indictment, invective, objurgation, obloquy, opposition, rebuke, recrimination, remonstrance, reprehension, reprimand, reproach, reproof, repudiation, slur, tirade |