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causal
/ ˈkɔːzəl /
adjective
- acting as or being a cause
- stating, involving, or implying a cause
the causal part of the argument
- philosophy (of a theory) explaining a phenomenon or analysing a concept in terms of some causal relation
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Derived Forms
- ˈcausally, adverb
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Other Words From
- causal·ly adverb
- non·causal adjective
- non·causal·ly adverb
- super·causal adjective
- un·causal adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
The connection between acts of “coming out” and the cultural acceptance of LGBT people has always been a causal one.
"The causal effects estimated in Meier et al. are likely to be overestimates and the true effect could be zero," Rogeberg wrote.
But the electioneering insinuations are a quick and dirty causal leap.
But as Justice Ginsberg pointed out in dissent, their causal nexus is so thin as to be basically nonexistent.
It is also important to contextualize how many cases of autism could be accounted for if a causal link to SSRI proved true.
As causes precede effects, the causal order and the time order generally coincide.
The empirical law derives whatever truth it has, from the causal laws of which it is a consequence.
The really scientific truths, then, are not these empirical laws, but the causal laws which explain them.
The dualism is not primarily as to the stuff of the world, but as to causal laws.
The first act is thus for us, the thinkers, not a part of the causal events, but a purposive intention towards an ideal.
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