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causality

[kaw-zal-i-tee] / kɔˈzæl ɪ ti /
NOUN
origin
Synonyms
STRONGEST
ancestor ancestry connection element influence motive provenance root source
STRONG
agent antecedent author base causation creator derivation determinant egg embryo fountain generator germ impulse inception inducement inspiration mainspring nucleus occasion parent parentage principle producer progenitor provenience roots seed spring stock well wellspring
WEAK
horse's mouth
Antonyms
STRONG
conclusion effect end ending result
WEAK
close completion consequence death destiny finale goal outcome outgrowth termination
NOUN
provenience
Synonyms
STRONG
agent ancestor ancestry antecedent author base beginning causation connection creator derivation determinant egg element embryo fount fountain fountainhead generator germ impulse inception inducement influence inspiration mainspring mother motive nucleus occasion parent parentage principle producer progenitor provenance root roots rootstock seed source spring stock well wellspring
WEAK
horse's mouth
Antonyms
STRONG
conclusion discouragement effect end ending finish hindrance result
NOUN
rootstock
Synonyms
STRONG
agent ancestor ancestry antecedent author base beginning causation connection creator derivation determinant egg element embryo fount fountain fountainhead generator germ impulse inception inducement influence inspiration mainspring mother motive nucleus occasion parent parentage principle producer progenitor provenance provenience root roots seed source spring stock well wellspring
WEAK
horse's mouth
Antonyms
STRONG
conclusion discouragement effect end ending finish hindrance result

Example Sentences

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Now, “the arrow of causality has flipped” on the view that “AI is killing the jobs first, and that’s what’s making the economy sick.”

From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026

His recent writings in The Wall Street Journal External link , however, exhibit a confidence about money growth and balance sheet causality that exceeds the humility he has emphasized in the past.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

And such studies can only show associations, not prove causality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

But sometimes the causality goes in the other direction.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2024

We have evolved with a tendency to link causality to things we can touch or feel, not to some distant or difficult phenomenon.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.