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causality

[ kaw-zal-i-tee ]

/ kɔˈzæl ɪ ti /

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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 causality

First recorded in 1595–1605; causal + -ity

OTHER WORDS FROM causality

non·cau·sal·i·ty, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH causality

casualty causality causality causation cause

Words nearby causality

cauri, caus., causa sine qua non, causal, causalgia, causality, causality paradox, causation, causationism, causative, cause

Example sentences from the Web for causality

But 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

causality

/ (kɔːˈzælɪtɪ) /

noun plural -ties

the relationship of cause and effect
the principle that nothing can happen without being caused

causal agency or quality