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causality
noun cau·sal·i·ty \kȯ-ˈza-lə-tē\
: the relationship between something that happens or exists and the thing that causes it
: the idea that something can cause another thing to happen or exist
plural cau·sal·i·ties
Full Definition of CAUSALITY
1
: a causal quality or agency
2
: the relation between a cause and its effect or between regularly correlated events or phenomena
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First Known Use of CAUSALITY
1603
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Rhymes with CAUSALITY
anality, banality, brutality, carnality, centrality, extrality, fatality, feudality, finality, formality, frontality, frugality, legality, lethality, locality, mentality, modality, morality, mortality, nasality, natality, neutrality, nodality, orality, plurality, primality, rascality, reality, regality, rurality, sodality, tonality, totality, venality, vitality, vocality
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