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causal agent

causal agent

any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results.

Related Terms

  • causing (v): to give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally.
    Synonyms: causing, cause, caused, causes "cause a commotion", doing, do, did, dos, making, make, made, makes "make a stir"
  • causal (adj): involving or constituting a cause; causing.
    Synonyms: causal "a causal relationship between scarcity and higher prices"
  • inducing (v): to cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner.
    Synonyms: inducing, induce, induced, induces "The ads induced me to buy a VCR", stimulating, stimulate, stimulated, stimulates, causing, cause, caused, causes, having, have, had, haves, getting, get, got, gets, making, make, made, makes

Keywords and Synonyms

  • causal agent, cause, causal agency


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