| 词汇 | ascriptive |
| 释义 | ascriptive adjective uk /əˈskrɪp.tɪv/ us /əˈskrɪp.t̬ɪv/ social sciences specialized existing because of, or relating to, ascription(= the fact of having a particular social position because you are a member of a particular social group, rather than because of your own actions or achievements): It is a society where ascriptive identities of class, religion, and region are strong. We may think of a community as a set of relationships based mainly on ascriptive characteristics. Recruitment to key positions in society was mainly ascriptive. relating to a belief or claim that something is caused or created by something or someone else: He believes we have an ascriptive urge to blame poverty on individual laziness. She makes a distinction between a robust account or an ascriptive account of character. Related words ascription ascribe Economic roles are often tied to ascriptive status and have a rigidity which makes change very difficult. The census tended to reinforce ascriptive hierarchy rather than promoting equality. Wealth is now an achievable as well as an ascriptive status. Chance and randomness accident accident of birth aleatory arbitrarily arbitrariness crapshoot even money fluke fluky fortuitous luck luck into something more by accident than designidiom more by luck than judgmentidiom non-purposive randomness serendipitous serendipitously sortition stumble into something You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Reasons and explanations |
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