ascription
noun
as·crip·tion ə-ˈskrip-shən 
1
: the act of ascribing : attribution
2
: arbitrary placement (as at birth) in a particular social status
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Even if its intent were innocuous — to address inaccurate ascriptions to the Polish state for participating in an official capacity in Nazi crimes — the impact of this type of legislation is dangerous. 
Steny Hoyer, Time, 15 Mar. 2018 Black women who posit a feminism that exists for a purpose greater than the liberation of a single individual or gender ascription. Tunde Wey, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Dec. 2017
Steny Hoyer, Time, 15 Mar. 2018 Black women who posit a feminism that exists for a purpose greater than the liberation of a single individual or gender ascription. Tunde Wey, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Dec. 2017 Word History
Etymology
Late Latin ascription-, ascriptio, from Latin, written addition, from ascribere
First Known Use
1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1