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causationism

American

[kaw-zey-shuh-niz-uhm] / kɔˈzeɪ ʃəˌnɪz əm /

noun

the doctrine or theory that every event is the result of a prior and adequate cause.

Other Word Forms

causationist

noun

Etymology

Origin of causationism

First recorded in 1840–50; causation + -ism

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