How do you pronounce causality?

The recorded pronunciation is /kɔˈzæl.ɪ.tɪ/.

causality

/kɔˈzæl.ɪ.tɪ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.92 in modern English

Syllables: causal-i-ty
IPA: /kɔˈzæl.ɪ.tɪ/

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Meaning

noun

The agency of a cause; the action or power of a cause, in producing its effect.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The relationship between something that happens or exists and the thing that causes it; the cause and consequence relationship.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"But how do transformations like the evolution of language take place? A scientist looks for a cause inside time; a mystic knows that causality is essentially a process that is outside time-space."
"But some discussion of the complex relationship between “allohistory” and sf is appropriate here, as the genres overlap in certain ways. Classical allohistory— such as Trevelyan's "What if Napoleon had won the Battle of Waterloo?" and Churchill's "If Lee had not won the Battle of Gettysburg" —is a rigorously consistent thought-experiment in historical causality."

Etymology

From Latin as if *causalitas, from causalis (“causal”), from causa (“cause”). By surface analysis, causal + -ity = cause + -ality.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: cause

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /kɔˈzæl.ɪ.tɪ/
British English: /kɔːˈzæl.ɪ.tɪ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

causalities (plural)

Derived Forms

acausality bicausality isocausality microcausality multicausality noncausality retrocausality

Phrases

non-causality

Frequently Paired Words

causal causative noncausative

Synonyms

causation

Rhymes With

reality personality sexuality hospitality morality mentality homosexuality locality brutality confidentiality plurality legality