Related Words for first cause

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prime mover
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Phrase, Noun
absolute
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Adjective
principia
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Name
metaphysics
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Noun
arche
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Noun
philosophy
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Noun
ontology
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Noun
datum
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Noun
naturalism
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Noun
natural law
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Phrase, Noun
organon
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Noun
subject
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Noun
transcendental
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Noun
philosopher
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Noun
essentialism
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Noun
episteme
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Noun
moral philosophy
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Phrase, Noun
intellectualism
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Noun
atomism
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Noun
rationalism
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Noun
prior
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Adjective
natural philosopher
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Phrase, Noun
monad
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Noun
functionalism
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Noun
phenomenology
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Noun
transcendentalism
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Noun
epistemology
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Noun
pathos
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Noun
existentialism
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Noun
historicism
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Noun
scholasticism
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Noun
ideology
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Noun
practical reason
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Phrase, Noun
objectivism
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Noun
worldview
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Noun
frame of reference
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Phrase, Noun
poetics
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Noun
individuation
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Noun
scholastic
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Noun
anthropocentrism
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Noun
are
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Noun
traditionalism
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Noun
ethics
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Noun
contextualism
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Noun
realism
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Noun
consequentialism
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Noun
idealism
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Noun
humanism
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Noun
physicalism
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Noun
relativism
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Noun
sensationalism
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Noun
aboriginal
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Adjective, Name
above
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun
accident
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Noun, Adjective
account
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Noun, Verb
advance
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
aetiology
/x/xx
Noun
affair
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Noun
affect
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Verb, Noun
agent
/x
Noun
ago
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Adverb, Adjective, Noun
ahead
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Adverb
aid
/
Noun, Verb
aim
/
Noun, Verb
all
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
answer
/x
Noun, Verb
ante
/x
Noun, Verb
antecedent
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Noun, Adjective
any
/x
Adverb
anyway
/xx
Adverb
archetypal
//x
Adjective
argument
/xx
Noun, Verb
arise
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Verb, Noun
arouse
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Verb
arrange
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Verb, Noun
arrangement
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Noun
arrival
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Noun
ask
/
Verb, Noun
attract
x/
Verb
attributable
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Adjective
azo
/x
Noun, Adjective
back
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
background
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
basic
/x
Adjective, Noun
basis
/x
Noun
because
x/
Adverb
become
x/
Verb
before
x/
Adverb
beforehand
x/x
Adverb, Adjective
begin
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Verb, Noun
behalf
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Noun
best
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
biggest
/x
Adjective
birth
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
blame
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
blood
/
Noun, Verb
bonus
/x
Noun, Verb
breadth
/
Noun
breed
/
Noun, Verb
bring
/
Verb
business
/x
Noun, Adjective
calendar
/xx
Noun, Verb
call forth
//
Phrase, Verb
campaign
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Noun, Verb
candidacy
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Noun
candidature
/xx/
Noun
career
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
carry
/x
Verb, Noun
case
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
catalyst
/xx
Noun
category
/xxx
Noun
causa
/x
Noun
causal
/x
Adjective, Noun
causality
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Noun
causation
x/x
Noun
causative
/xx
Adjective, Noun
caused
/
Verb
challenge
/x
Noun, Verb
change
/
Noun, Verb
chat
/
Noun, Verb
chief
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
choice
/
Noun, Adjective
claim
/
Noun, Verb
commence
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Verb
commencement
x/x
Noun
commonest
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Adjective
compel
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Verb
competency
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Noun
component
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Noun, Adjective
con
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Noun, Verb
concern
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Noun, Verb
connection
x/x
Noun
consent
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Noun, Verb
consequence
/xx
Noun, Verb
constellation
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Noun
constitute
/xx
Verb, Noun
context
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
contribute
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Verb
contributory
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Adjective, Noun
cos
/
Noun
counterintuitive
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Adjective
cousin
/x
Noun, Verb
create
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Verb, Adjective
crown
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
crusade
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Noun, Verb
culprit
/x
Noun
danger
/x
Noun, Verb
darts
/
Noun
debut
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Noun, Verb
departure
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Noun
descent
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Noun
description
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Noun
destiny
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Noun
destroy
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Verb
detail
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Noun, Verb
determine
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Verb
deterrent
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Noun, Adjective
deus ex machina
/x/x/x
Phrase, Noun
dialogue
/xx
Noun, Verb
differential
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Noun, Adjective
difficulty
/xxx
Noun
dispute
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Noun, Verb
disrupt
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Verb, Adjective
do
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
doubt
/
Noun, Verb
drags
/
Verb
drive
/
Noun, Verb
due
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
earlier
/xx
Adverb, Adjective
effect
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Noun, Verb
effort
/x
Noun, Verb
eighth
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
eldest
/x
Adjective, Noun
electioneering
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Noun
element
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Noun, Verb
elicit
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Verb, Adjective
enable
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Verb
encourage
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Verb
end
/
Noun, Verb
endeavor
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Noun, Verb
endeavour
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Noun, Verb
engender
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Verb
engine
/x
Noun, Verb
entail
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Verb, Noun
enterprise
/xx
Noun, Verb
especially
x/x
Adverb
establish
x/x
Verb
etiology
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Noun
event
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Noun, Verb
everything
/xx
Verb
evoke
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Verb
ex
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
example
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Noun, Verb
excuse
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Noun, Verb
explanation
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Noun
factor
/x
Noun, Verb
fate
/
Noun, Verb
fault
/
Noun, Verb
favour
/x
Noun, Verb
feedstocks
/x
Noun
feminism
/xxx
Noun
fifth
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
fight
/
Verb, Noun
first base
//
Phrase, Noun
first off
//
Phrase, Adverb
firstborn
//
Noun, Adjective
firstly
/x
Adverb
fist
/
Noun, Verb
floor
/
Noun, Verb
foment
/x
Verb, Noun
font
/
Noun, Verb
force
/
Noun, Verb
forefront
/x
Noun, Verb
foremost
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
form
/
Noun, Verb
formative
/xx
Adjective, Noun
former
/x
Adjective, Noun
formerly
/xx
Adverb
forward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun