causality

[ kaw-zal-i-tee ]

noun

, plural cau·sal·i·ties.

1. the relation of cause and effect:

   The result is the same, however differently the causality is interpreted.

2. causal quality or agency.

causality

/ kɔːˈzælɪtɪ /

noun

1. 1. the relationship of cause and effect
   2. the principle that nothing can happen without being caused
2. causal agency or quality

Other Words From

• noncau·sali·ty noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of causality¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; causal + -ity

Example Sentences

“Like many studies that seek to implicate specific microbiome signatures with particular conditions in humans, as yet the work mostly reveals correlations rather than causality,” said Barrett.

From Singularity Hub 

The results, while promising, were coming from trials that lacked the statistical guardrails that help scientists sort coincidence from causality.

From FiveThirtyEight

There are also more restrictive, smaller boundaries of causality or exploration.

From Nautilus

This means any event will have multiple mismatched light cones — in short, causality is indefinite.

From Quanta Magazine

All the papers about the quantum switch nod at the link between quantum gravity and indefinite causality.

From Quanta Magazine

But then, if a clear line of causality could be traced, we wouldn't be talking about Palmer.

From The Daily Beast

The authors of the study made this clear, writing that the results were “not determined to show causality.”

From The Daily Beast

Of course causality runs both ways; countries in trouble are more likely to get into a debt crisis.

From The Daily Beast

Those statements are both true but they are not proof of causality, either.

From The Daily Beast

Given the way some of these situations have played out, causality hardly seems important.

From The Daily Beast

Causality there remains an empty name without promise of a real explanation.

From Project Gutenberg

Their existence is therefore due to the divine causality, which never changes.

From Project Gutenberg

This innate need for explanation is then usually associated with an alleged a priori principle of causality inherent in the mind.

From Project Gutenberg

If we would speak of causality at all on his level of experience, we may say only that he is governed by the causality of magic.

From Project Gutenberg

Scientific reasoning and scientific observation can only hold good so long and in so far as the Law of Causality holds good.

From Project Gutenberg

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