causality

[kaw-zal-i-tee]

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noun, plural cau·sal·i·ties.

the relation of cause and effect: The result is the same, however differently the causality is interpreted.
causal quality or agency.

Origin of causality

First recorded in 1595–1605; causal + -ity

Related formsnon·cau·sal·i·ty, noun

Can be confusedcasualty causalitycausality causation cause

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Examples from the Web for causality

Contemporary Examples

But then, if a clear line of causality could be traced, we wouldn't be talking about Palmer.
Will the Real Jim Palmer Please Stand Up
Tom Boswell
September 27, 2014
Those statements are both true but they are not proof of causality, either.
Byron York Weighs Rubio's Risks
Michael Tomasky
April 5, 2013
Given the way some of these situations have played out, causality hardly seems important.
Robert Bales’s Alleged Crimes Show a Soldier Pushed to the Brink
Jesse Ellison
March 18, 2012
The question of causality remains: are smart kids good at music, and/or does music make you smart?
15 Signs You'll Raise a Genius
Anneli Rufus
October 24, 2011

Historical Examples

And so on till we arrive at the question, What caused the principle of causality?
Mind and Motion and Monism
George John Romanes
One of these ideals is the reconstruction of the world in the thought forms of causality.
Psychotherapy
Hugo Mnsterberg
Only if we assume the principle of causality, is there a problem to solve.
Evolution in Modern Thought
Ernst Haeckel
As an illustration we may instance "the principle of causality."
Christianity and Greek Philosophy
Benjamin Franklin Cocker
It is impossible to imagine a world in which the law of causality does not reign.
Christianity and Greek Philosophy
Benjamin Franklin Cocker

British Dictionary definitions for causality

causality

noun plural -ties

1. the relationship of cause and effect
2. the principle that nothing can happen without being caused
causal agency or quality

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Word Origin and History for causality

n.

c.1600, from causal + -ity.

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Examples from the Web for causality

Contemporary Examples

But then, if a clear line of causality could be traced, we wouldn't be talking about Palmer.

Those statements are both true but they are not proof of causality, either.

Given the way some of these situations have played out, causality hardly seems important.

The question of causality remains: are smart kids good at music, and/or does music make you smart?

Historical Examples

And so on till we arrive at the question, What caused the principle of causality?

One of these ideals is the reconstruction of the world in the thought forms of causality.

Only if we assume the principle of causality, is there a problem to solve.

As an illustration we may instance "the principle of causality."

It is impossible to imagine a world in which the law of causality does not reign.

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Word Origin and History for causality

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Origin of causality