causality

== English == === Etymology === From Latin as if *causalitas, from causalis (“causal”), from causa (“cause”). By surface analysis, causal +‎ -ity = cause +‎ -ality. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kôz, IPA(key): /kɔːˈzæl.ɪ.tɪ/, [kʰoːˈz̥æl.ɪ.tɪ] (General American) IPA(key): /kɔˈzæl.ɪ.tɪ/, [kʰɒːˈz̥æl.ɪ.tɪ] (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /kɑˈzæl.ɪ.tɪ/, [kɑˈzæl.ɪ.ɾɪ] Rhymes: -ælɪti === Noun === causality (countable and uncountable, plural causalities) The agency of a cause; the action or power of a cause, in producing its effect. The relationship between something that happens or exists and the thing that causes it; the cause and consequence relationship. ==== Synonyms ==== causation ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== causal causative noncausative ==== Translations ==== === References === “causality”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “causality”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.