causality
noun/kɔːˈzæləti/
/kɔːˈzæləti/
(also causation)
[uncountable] (formal)- the relationship between something that happens and the reason for it happening; the principle that nothing can happen without a causeTopics Change, cause and effectc2Word Originlate 15th cent.: from French causalité or medieval Latin causalitas, from Latin causa ‘cause’.
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