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[ kaw-zal-i-tee ] / kɔˈzæl ɪ ti / SEE SYNONYMS FOR causality ON THESAURUS.COM
noun, plural cau·sal·i·ties.the relation of cause and effect: The result is the same, however differently the causality is interpreted. causal quality or agency. Origin of causalityFirst recorded in 1595–1605; causal + -ity OTHER WORDS FROM causalitynon·cau·sal·i·ty, nounWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH causality1. casualty, causality 2. causality , causation, causeWords nearby causalityCauquenes, cauri, caus., causal, causalgia, causality, causality paradox, causa sine qua non, causation, causationism, causative Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for causalityBut then, if a clear line of causality could be traced, we wouldn't be talking about Palmer. Will the Real Jim Palmer Please Stand Up|Tom Boswell|September 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST Those statements are both true but they are not proof of causality, either. Byron York Weighs Rubio's Risks|Michael Tomasky|April 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST Given the way some of these situations have played out, causality hardly seems important. Robert Bales’s Alleged Crimes Show a Soldier Pushed to the Brink|Jesse Ellison|March 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST The question of causality remains: are smart kids good at music, and/or does music make you smart? 15 Signs You'll Raise a Genius|Anneli Rufus|October 24, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Causality is larger than Comparison, and Wit is less than either. Phrenological Development of Robert Burns|George Combe As an illustration we may instance "the principle of causality." Christianity and Greek Philosophy|Benjamin Franklin Cocker Causality has nothing in common with the concept of purpose. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution|C. M. Williams We are therefore very far from admitting his criticism of the principles of causality. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879|Various Lastly, the conception of causality essentially involves the idea of finality as existing somewhere. Mind and Motion and Monism|George John Romanes
British Dictionary definitions for causality
noun plural -ties- the relationship of cause and effect
- the principle that nothing can happen without being caused
causal agency or quality Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to causalityprovenance, influence, element, motive, source, connection, ancestry, ancestor, root, embryo, producer, creator, spring, agent, seed, wellspring, roots, parentage, generator, author |