noun
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the act or fact of causing; the production of an effect by a cause
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the relationship of cause and effect
Other Word Forms
- causational adjective
- noncausation noun
Etymology
Origin of causation
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
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Such confounding and mediating factors undermine the plaintiffs’ claims of causation.
And while correlation does not mean causation, that is when this age-related break occurs.
From BBC
Ni Lochlainn accepts that to many people this sounds unpleasant - but these studies are important because they suggest a direct line of causation: from a gut microbiome to the age of a body.
From BBC
"Everyone has heard it a million times, but it bears repeating: Correlation doesn't equal causation," Gennaro said.
From Science Daily
It said the researchers relied on an outdated and narrow data set to reach unwarranted conclusions, and conflated correlation with causation.
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