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causality

Pronunciation: /kɔːˈzæl.ɪ.tɪ/

The English word “causality” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The agency of a cause; the action or power of a cause, in producing its effect.
  2. The relationship between something that happens or exists and the thing that causes it; the cause and consequence relationship.

Etymology

From Latin as if *causalitas, from causalis (“causal”), from causa (“cause”). By surface analysis, causal + -ity = cause + -ality.

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