causality
Pronunciation: /kɔːˈzæl.ɪ.tɪ/
The English word “causality” has 2 meanings listed here.
noun
- The agency of a cause; the action or power of a cause, in producing its effect.
- 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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