causation

[ kaw-zey-shuhn ]

noun

1. the action of causing or producing.
2. the relation of cause to effect; causality.
3. anything that produces an effect; cause.

causation

/ kɔːˈzeɪʃən /

noun

1. the act or fact of causing; the production of an effect by a cause
2. the relationship of cause and effect

Derived Forms

• cauˈsational, adjective

Other Words From

• cau·sation·al adjective
• noncau·sation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of causation¹

1640–50; < Medieval Latin causātiōn- (stem of causātiō ), equivalent to causāt ( us ) (past participle of causāre to cause) ( Latin caus ( a ) cause + -ātus -ate ¹ ) + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

“The plaintiffs have to prove the causation aspect,” Shapiro told The Daily Beast.

From The Daily Beast

However, association does not mean causation, and this is very important for the woman to understand.

From The Daily Beast

The aforementioned surveys may not be sufficient to make any firm conclusions about correlation, and much less about causation.

From The Daily Beast

The new study sees a correlation—and suggests a causation—between sexting and sex, but the conclusions researchers draw are vague.

From The Daily Beast

For one thing, the Redskins Rule reveals correlation, not causation.

From The Daily Beast

It is in this way that most of those uniformities of succession are generated, which are not cases of causation.

From Project Gutenberg

That the effect may be frustrated, is, therefore, no objection to the universality of laws of causation.

From Project Gutenberg

It deserves remark, that these early generalizations did not, like scientific inductions, presuppose causation.

From Project Gutenberg

The theist, in short, commences with a wrong conception of causation.

From Project Gutenberg

This is not the place in which to enter on an exhaustive inquiry as to the nature of causation.

From Project Gutenberg

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• matter
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