causality C2+ Topic:Cause, Change & Process US /kɔˈzæləti/ UK /kɔːˈzæləti/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun the relationship between cause and effect Correlation alone does not establish causality. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the relationship between... causationcausedeterminismconnection ↔ Opposites randomnesschanceacausality Word family Related forms causecausalcausation Etymology AI details From Medieval Latin causalitas, from Latin causalis ('relating to a cause'), from causa ('cause, reason'). causa Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Cause, Change & Process Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # causality **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /kɔˈzæləti/ **IPA (UK):** /kɔːˈzæləti/ ## Meanings 1. the relationship between cause and effect ## Examples - Correlation alone does not establish causality. ## Synonyms - causation - cause - determinism - connection ## Antonyms - randomness - chance - acausality ## Related Forms - cause - causal - causation ## Roots and Affixes - Root: causa ## Etymology From Medieval Latin causalitas, from Latin causalis ('relating to a cause'), from causa ('cause, reason'). ## AI Etymology Causality comes from Medieval Latin causalitas, from Latin causalis ('relating to a cause'), from causa ('cause, reason'). The historical trail runs through causa in Latin. Used as a noun, causality now means "the relationship between cause and effect", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as cause, causal, and causation. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English. ## Topics - Cause, Change & Process - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown