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causal /ˈkɔːz(ə)l /adjective1Relating to or acting as a cause: the causal factors associated with illness...- Obesity is a causal factor in many serious conditions that affect the entire human body.
- As a rule, complex social phenomena like racism cannot be explained in terms of a single causal factor.
- Some defect in the regulation of the brain chemical serotonin, is also suspected to be a causal factor.
1.1 Grammar & Logic Expressing or indicating a cause: a causal conjunction...- The argument that Cheney did not intend the direct causal inference goes as follows.
- Let us start with the presupposition that causal determinism obtains.
- This subjunctive condition is not unrelated to the causal condition.
OriginLate Middle English (as a noun denoting a causal conjunction or particle): from late Latin causalis, from Latin causa 'cause'. Rhymesacausal, clausal, menopausal, monocausal |