individual ascription of responsibility

/ˌɪndɪˈvɪdʒuəl əˈskrɪpʃən əv rɪˌspɒnsəˈbɪləti/

noun phrase

  1. The act of judging or stating that a particular person is responsible for an action, event, or outcome.

    C1

    usually uncountable; ascription of responsibility to someoneformal

    • "The study examines how individual ascription of responsibility affects public support for punishment."C1

Common mistakes

  • individual ascription responsibility→individual ascription of responsibility

    The noun ascription is normally followed by of before the thing being assigned.

Collocations

ascription of responsibilityindividual responsibilitycollective responsibilityassign responsibility

Word family

ascribeascriptionresponsibleresponsibility