causality [kaw-zal-i-tee]   Example Sentences
Main Entry:
origin  [awr-i-jin, or-]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: cause, basis
Synonyms: agent, ancestor, ancestry, antecedent, author, base, causality, causation, connection, creator, derivation, determinant, egg, element, embryo, fountain, generator, germ, horse's mouth, impulse, inception, inducement, influence, inspiration, mainspring, motive, nucleus, occasion, parent, parentage, principle, producer, progenitor, provenance, provenience, root, roots, seed, source, spring, stock, well, wellspring
Antonyms: consequence, destiny, effect, goal, outcome, outgrowth, result
Main Entry: rootstock
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: origin
Synonyms: agent, ancestor, ancestry, antecedent, author, base, beginning, causality, causation, connection, creator, derivation, determinant, egg, element, embryo, fount, fountain, fountainhead, generator, germ, horse's mouth, 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
* = informal/non-formal usage
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Example Sentences
  • So causality is not being violated, unless you had new laws of physics.
  • Because obesity can produce early menarche, the above study's conclusions may simply have causality reversed.
  • They find similar correlations, but can't determine the causality either.
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