Meaning & use

Causalities

noun·Academic

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Instances or relationships in which one event, condition, or action directly brings about another.

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Researchers mapped the causalities linking diet to long-term health outcomes.

Philosophers have long debated the nature of causalities in the physical world.

A note on using this word

Don't confuse "causalities" (instances of cause-and-effect) with the similar-sounding "casualties" (people harmed or killed) — they're unrelated words with different roots.

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