causality
The agency of a causeThe agency of a cause; the action or power of a cause, in producing its effect.
» The direction of causality is yet to be determined.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The agency of a cause; the action or power of a cause, in producing its effect.
Kausalität
причи́нностьpričínnostʹ
(countable, uncountable)The relationship between something that happens or exists and the thing that causes it; the cause and consequence relationship.
Ursache und Wirkung
причи́нно-сле́дственная связьpričínno-slédstvennaja svjazʹ
the relation between causes and effects
Examples
6 sentencesThe direction of causality is yet to be determined.
It is hard to get clear-cut evidence of causality.
What we speak of as 'causality' is nothing more than the phenomenon of repetition.
Correlation doesn't equal causality.
The physical world is a complex network of events, not the consequence of a single and simple causality.
Translations
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Origin
From Latin as if *causalitas, from causalis (“causal”), from causa (“cause”). By surface aFrom Latin as if *causalitas, from causalis (“causal”), from causa (“cause”). By surface analysis, causal + -ity = cause + -ality.
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Forms
plural: causalities| Singular | causality |
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Synonyms
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable