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becauseness

becauseness noun: the quality of being a causal result.

Noun

becauseness (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The quality of being a causal result.
    • The child's concept of 'becauseness', i.e. causality, will undergo a series of changes, but not the verbal symbol which refers to it. Later on, the causal relation will enter as a relatum into the higher matrix of 'logical categories' […]1964, Arthur Koestler, The Act of Creation
    • Real observers, Kant concluded, must live in a world of whatness, whereness, whenness, and becauseness, imposed by the way that a mind such as ours can grasp reality.2008, Steven Pinker, The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature

Origin of becauseness

From because + -ness.

Questions about becauseness

What does becauseness mean?
Becauseness means the quality of being a causal result.
What part of speech is becauseness?
Becauseness is a noun.

Words near becauseness in the dictionary

  1. because is why
  2. because of
  3. because one can
  4. because reasons
  5. because you touch yourself at night
  6. becauseness
  7. Becca
  8. beccafico
  9. beccaficoes
  10. beccaficos
  11. beccal

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