French word

causalité

Pronunciation

IPA/kozalite/

Meaning

  • feminine nouncausality

Example

La causalité n'est pas toujours évidente.

Causality is not always obvious.

Illustration for causalité (causality)

More examples

On confond souvent corrélation et causalité.

Correlation and causality are often confused.

Core concept

A directional link from a source event to the result that follows from it.

Common phrases

  • corrélation et causalité

    correlation and causality

  • établir la causalité

    establish causality

Similar words

cause: An event or factor that directly produces a particular result.
conséquence: A matter or state that arises as the result of an event.
raison: The reason or motive behind an event or action.
effet: A change or influence produced by a cause.

Definition in French

Lien ou relation par laquelle un événement (la cause) produit un autre événement (l'effet).

Word origin

The French noun causalité continues Latin causalitas, formed from causa, "cause," for the relation connecting a cause with its effect.

Usage tips

  • Causalité is feminine, so standard phrases include la causalité and cette causalité, not le causalité.

Other meanings

  • law of causalitynoun

Opposites

Related words

  • causalcausaladjective

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