causality

cau·sal·i·ty

noun \kȯ-ˈza-lə-tē\

plural cau·sal·i·ties

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

Examples of CAUSALITY

1. Scientists found no causality between the events.
2. <a supreme being is a being that, by definition, has no causality of its own>

First Known Use of CAUSALITY

1603

Related to CAUSALITY

Synonyms

antecedent, cause, causation, occasion, reason

Antonyms

aftereffect, aftermath, consequence, corollary, development, effect, fate, fruit, issue, outcome, outgrowth, product, result, resultant, sequel, sequence, upshot

Related Words

consideration, determinant, factor; alpha and omega, be-all and end-all; impetus, incentive, inspiration, instigation, stimulus; mother, origin, root, source, spring

Near Antonyms

ramification; denouement (also dénouement), repercussion; conclusion, end; by-product, side effect (also side reaction)

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