reattribution
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The process of determining whether artwork is real or fake, and, if fake, determining when and by whom it was created.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A therapeutic technique in which the client is encouraged to consider possible alternate causes for events.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A change of attribution for a target (usually a customer or user) that was previously active.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "the reattribution of a text of disputed authorship"
- "To professionals in the world of art, reattribution is not necessarily pejorative, even though it is often perceived that way by the general public. Reattribution can upgrade a work as well as downgrade it."
- "Reattribution does not focus on the facts themselves but rather tests whether the explanations based on the facts are accurate. Reattribution simply asks, “What is another explanation?” (A. T. Beck et al., 1985)."
Etymology
Etymology tree English reattribute Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English reattribution From reattribute + -ion.