Meanings
nouncausation (countable and uncountable, plural causations)
plural causations
- countableuncountableThe act or agency by which an effect is produced.
Aristotle's views led him to try to describe the kind of causation by which vision is produced, instead of the laws by which it is exercised; and the attempt consisted, as in other subjects, of indistinct principles, and ill-combined facts.
1837, William Whewell, “Earliest Stages of Optics”, in History of the Inductive Sciences, from the Earliest to the Present Times. […], volume I, London: John W[illiam] Parker, […]; Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: J. and J. J. Deighton, →OCLC, book II (History of the Physical Sciences in Ancient Greece), page 100
Synonyms & antonyms
nounCause and effect.
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 原因, 誘因 /诱因
- 原因 (yuányīn)act of causing
- 誘因 /诱因 (yòuyīn)act of causing
- 起因 (qǐyīn)act of causing
- 原因 (yuányīn)agency by which an effect is produced
- 誘因 /诱因 (yòuyīn)agency by which an effect is produced
- 起因 (qǐyīn)agency by which an effect is produced
Finnish aiheuttaminen, syysuhde
- aiheuttaminenact of causing
- syysuhdeagency by which an effect is produced
- syy-yhteysagency by which an effect is produced
- syy-seuraussuhdeagency by which an effect is produced
- kausaliteettiagency by which an effect is produced
- kausaatioagency by which an effect is produced
French causation
- causationact of causing
German Ursache
- Ursacheact of causing
Hindi कार्यकारण, कार्यकारण
- कार्यकारण (kāryakāraṇ)act of causing
- कार्यकारण (kāryakāraṇ)agency by which an effect is produced
- कारणता (kāraṇtā)agency by which an effect is produced
Korean 원인제공
- 원인제공 (woninjegong)act of causing
Māori whakataenga, pūtaketanga
- whakataengaact of causing
- pūtaketangaact of causing
- whakataengaagency by which an effect is produced
Polish przyczynowość, przyczynowość
- przyczynowośćact of causing
- przyczynowośćagency by which an effect is produced
Russian причи́нная связь
- причи́нная связь (pričínnaja svjazʹ)act of causing
Spanish causación
- causaciónact of causing
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with causation
informationeducationlocationapplicationassociationadministrationorganizationcorporationregistrationAsianfoundationcommunicationpopulationnavigationstationaccommodationoperationpublicationvacationtransportationevaluationimplementationinstallationnation
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causation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/causation
MLA
“causation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/causation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “causation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/causation.
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