causality
the relation of cause and effect: The result is the same, however differently the causality is interpreted.
causal quality or agency.
Origin of causality
1Other words from causality
- non·cau·sal·i·ty, noun
Words that may be confused with causality
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How to use causality in a sentence
It was there that the Brits suffered the most causalities (86) of the entire Battle of Brooklyn.
The British Royals Reinvade Brooklyn: William and Kate Come Watch Basketball on Historic Battle Site | Justin Jones | December 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the eyes of drug policy experts: the causalities of the war on drugs.
Gov't Abandons Best Survey for Counting U.S. Drug Users | Abby Haglage | April 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOne of the reasons being that the risk of civilian causalities is too high.
The Great Japanese Gang Wars | Jake Adelstein, Nathalie-Kyoko Stucky | June 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMany variables affect test results, muddling connections and causalities.
We surely had a hot time there in the hot sun and shell combination, but we had no causalities.
A History of Lumsden's Battery, C.S.A. | George Little
Antiquity thought thunder the immediate voyce of Jupiter, and impleaded them of impiety that referred it to natural causalities.
Life and Correspondence of David Hume, Volume I (of 2) | John Hill BurtonBut the transference of the minute causalities of life into fiction was systematized by him.
Balzac | Frederick Lawton
British Dictionary definitions for causality
/ (kɔːˈzælɪtɪ) /
the relationship of cause and effect
the principle that nothing can happen without being caused
causal agency or quality
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