causality

Signification (Anglais)

1. (countable, uncountable) The agency of a cause; the action or power of a cause, in producing its effect.
2. (countable, uncountable) The relationship between something that happens or exists and the thing that causes it; the cause and consequence relationship.

Concepts

causalité

causation

Synonymes

causation

causal relation

law of causality

determinism

etiology

explanation

rationale

reasoning

law of causation

cause

cause and effect

Traductions

causalidad

Kausalität

causalità

causalidade

causalitat

causaliteit

nedensellik

αιτιότητα

Kausalzusammenhang

αιτιολογια

αιτιατό

αιτιολογία

νομοτέλεια

cause

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kɔːˈzæl.ɪ.tɪ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Latin as if *causalitas, from causalis (“causal”), from causa (“cause”). By surface analysis, causal + -ity = cause + -ality.