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material cause
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noun Aristotelianism.
See under cause (def. 8b).
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Origin of material cause
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400
Words nearby material cause
mater, mater dolorosa, materfamilias, materia alba, material, material cause, material culture, material implication, materialism, materialist, materialistic
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