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Grammar : Adj
Spell : kaw-zuh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɔ zəl



Definition of causal

Origin :
  • 1530s, from Latin causalis "relating to a cause," from causa (see cause (n.)).
  • As in original : adj fresh, new
Example sentences :
  • The causal retribution is in the thing and is seen by the soul.
  • Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • He is a beholder of ideas and an utterer of the necessary and causal.
  • Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Seen from a causal point of view, however, there is no miracle in it at all.
  • Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by Hugo Mnsterberg
  • Causal effects are sought in a sphere which belongs to purposive values.
  • Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by Hugo Mnsterberg
  • He works with moral means; the physician, with causal means.
  • Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by Hugo Mnsterberg
  • One moves in the purposive sphere, the other in the causal sphere.
  • Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by Hugo Mnsterberg
  • It affords no explanation of the facts of adaptation, and has no causal value.
  • Extract from : « Evolution in Modern Thought » by Ernst Haeckel
  • Geoffroy seems here to be moving from a pure to a causal morphology.
  • Extract from : « Form and Function » by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
  • It contains that causal connexion or element of generality which enables us to predict.
  • Extract from : « Progress and History » by Various
  • But that they have any causal connection with the things around him is not to be conceived.
  • Extract from : « Natural Law in the Spiritual World » by Henry Drummond

Synonyms for causal

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