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causation

(kɔːzeɪʃən)
1. uncountable noun
The causation of something, usually something bad, is the factors that have caused it.
[formal]
The gene is only part of the causation of illness. [+ of]
2. uncountable noun
Causation is a study of the factors involved in causing something.
[formal]
...assumptions concerning social causation.

causation in British English

(kɔːˈzeɪʃən)
noun
1. 
the act or fact of causing; the production of an effect by a cause
2. 
the relationship of cause and effect
Derived forms
causational (cauˈsational)
adjective

causation in American English

(kɔˈzeɪʃən)
noun
1. 
the act of causing
2. 
a causal agency; anything producing an effect
3. 
causality

Examples of 'causation' in a sentence
causation

Remember that historical causation is complex.
Marius, Richard A Short Guide to Writing About History (1995)
 Mental causation is one of these.
Evans, Peter & Deehan, Geoff The Descent of Mind - the how and why of intelligence (1990)
Similarly, mental causation now goes neatly away.
Evans, Peter & Deehan, Geoff The Descent of Mind - the how and why of intelligence (1990)
This is not correct and, in any case, correlation does not prove causation.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The British oil group lost its case in an appeal court in Louisiana this week that claimants had to prove causation.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
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