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causingness

causingness noun: the quality or characteristic of being the cause of something.

Noun

causingness (uncountable)

  1. The quality or characteristic of being the cause of something.
    • The term Causation, as the author observes, signifies causingness and causedness taken together, but I do not see on what ground he asserts that it connotes present time.1829, John Stuart Mill, Analysis of the Phenomena of the Human Mind

Origin of causingness

From causing + -ness.

Questions about causingness

What does causingness mean?
Causingness means the quality or characteristic of being the cause of something.
What part of speech is causingness?
Causingness is a noun.

Words near causingness in the dictionary

  1. causiaroside
  2. causidical
  3. causimomancy
  4. causing
  5. causing a stir
  6. causingness
  7. causitive
  8. Causley
  9. Caussade
  10. Causses
  11. caustic

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