causalityn.

/kɔːˈzalɪti/

Etymology: modern formed on Latin type *causālitās , < causālis causal adj. and n. + -ity suffix.

1. Causal quality, character, efficiency, or agency; fact or state of being or acting as a cause.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > [noun] > causality

causality1603

casualty1665

causativeness1846

causativity1856

1603 C. Heydon Def. Iudiciall Astrol. ii. 69 When they are called signes, their causalitie is not excluded.

1649 Bp. J. Taylor Life of Christ ii. x. vii. ⁋6 Faith is the beginning grace, and hath influence and causality in the production of the other.

1678 R. Cudworth tr. Plato in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 750 A Power or Causality, whereby that which was Not before, was afterwards Made to Be.

1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man ii. i. ⁋16. 67 To ascribe a real Causality to Free-will.

1875 L. H. Grindon Life (new ed.) ii. 14 Nature has no independent activity, no causality of its own.

2. The operation or relation of cause and effect; ‘the law of mind which makes it necessary to recognise power adequate to account for every occurrence’ ( Fleming's Vocab. Philos. 1887).

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > [noun] > causation

consequency1548

consecution1615

causality1642

antecedence1649

consequence1656

causation1739

1642 O. Sedgwick England's Preserv. 10 By way of order only, and not by causality.

1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. 62 The law of causality holds only between homogeneous things.

a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) II. xxxix. 376 The nature and genealogy of the notion of Causality.

1860 R. W. Emerson Power in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 48 A belief in causality, or strict connection between every trifle and the principle of being..characterizes all valuable minds.

1870 F. C. Bowen Logic x. 333 The necessary laws of Causality and Time.

3. Phrenology. The mental faculty of tracing effects to causes.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > psychology > faculty psychology > psychological study of the skull > [noun] > faculty of attributing cause

causality1874

1874 J. S. Blackie On Self-culture 6 The quality of mind, which..phrenologists call causality.

4. An excuse. (? Not English.)

ΚΠ

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Causality, Causation, an excuse, essoyning or pretence.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	causality
释义	causalityn. /kɔːˈzalɪti/ Etymology: modern formed on Latin type causālitās , < causālis* causal adj. and n. + -ity suffix. 1. Causal quality, character, efficiency, or agency; fact or state of being or acting as a cause. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [noun] > causality causality1603 casualty1665 causativeness1846 causativity1856 1603 C. Heydon Def. Iudiciall Astrol. ii. 69 When they are called signes, their causalitie is not excluded. 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Life of Christ ii. x. vii. ⁋6 Faith is the beginning grace, and hath influence and causality in the production of the other. 1678 R. Cudworth tr. Plato in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 750 A Power or Causality, whereby that which was Not before, was afterwards Made to Be. 1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man ii. i. ⁋16. 67 To ascribe a real Causality to Free-will. 1875 L. H. Grindon Life (new ed.) ii. 14 Nature has no independent activity, no causality of its own. 2. The operation or relation of cause and effect; ‘the law of mind which makes it necessary to recognise power adequate to account for every occurrence’ ( Fleming's Vocab. Philos. 1887). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [noun] > causation consequency1548 consecution1615 causality1642 antecedence1649 consequence1656 causation1739 1642 O. Sedgwick England's Preserv. 10 By way of order only, and not by causality. 1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. 62 The law of causality holds only between homogeneous things. a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) II. xxxix. 376 The nature and genealogy of the notion of Causality. 1860 R. W. Emerson Power in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 48 A belief in causality, or strict connection between every trifle and the principle of being..characterizes all valuable minds. 1870 F. C. Bowen Logic x. 333 The necessary laws of Causality and Time. 3. Phrenology. The mental faculty of tracing effects to causes. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > faculty psychology > psychological study of the skull > [noun] > faculty of attributing cause causality1874 1874 J. S. Blackie On Self-culture 6 The quality of mind, which..phrenologists call causality. 4. An excuse. (? Not English.) ΚΠ 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Causality, Causation, an excuse, essoyning or pretence. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1603
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