causality
1 synonym for causality, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — The capacity of a cause to bring about its effect.
Synonyms
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Synonyms by Meaning
1. noun formal
The capacity of a cause to bring about its effect.
“Physicists study causality at the level of individual particles.”
2. noun formal
The link between an event or state of affairs and whatever brings it about.
“The report failed to prove causality between the drug and the side effect.”
How to use causality
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This is a formal term used in philosophy, science and statistics.
Etymology
Causality was formed in English as if from a Latin word causalitas, built on causalis, meaning causal, which itself comes from causa, meaning cause.
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