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Causation

The act of causing; also the act or agency by which an effect is produced.

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Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Deed 76% connected

Dead.

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Coercion 76% connected

The act or process of coercing.

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Compulsion 76% connected

The act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint; subjection to force.

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Inducement 76% connected

The act of inducing, or the state of being induced.

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Inducing 76% connected

of Induce

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Induction 76% connected

The act or process of inducting or bringing in; introduction; entrance; beginning; commencement.

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Influence 76% connected

A flowing in or upon; influx.

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Initiation 76% connected

The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced; as, initiation into a society, into business, literature, etc.

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Sending 76% connected

of Send

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Trigger 76% connected

A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity.

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Causing 92% connected

of Cause

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Hypothesis noun · 82% connection

A supposition; a proposition or principle which is supposed or taken for granted, in order to draw a conclusion or inference for proof…

Appears with this word in Scientific reasoning.
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Correlation noun · 81% connection

Reciprocal relation; corresponding similarity or parallelism of relation or law; capacity of being converted into, or of giving place…

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Reliability noun · 81% connection

The state or quality of being reliable; reliableness.

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Validity noun · 81% connection

The quality or state of being valid; strength; force; especially, power to convince; justness; soundness; as, the validity of an argum…

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Variable adjective · 81% connection

Having the capacity of varying or changing; capable of alternation in any manner; changeable; as, variable winds or seasons; a variabl…

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Change noun · 86% connection

money received in return for its equivalent in a larger denomination or a different currency; "he got change for a twenty and used it…

Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, History, Historical methods, Cause, effect and change.
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Disproof noun · 86% connection

any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something

Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Philosophy, History, Historical methods, Philosophy of science.
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Evidence noun · 86% connection

your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compellin…

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Falsification noun · 86% connection

any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something

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Grounds noun · 86% connection

your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compellin…

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Interpretation noun · 86% connection

an explanation that results from interpreting something; "the report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence"

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Lead noun · 86% connection

evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator"

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Method noun · 86% connection

an acting technique introduced by Stanislavsky in which the actor recalls emotions or reactions from his or her own life and uses them…

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Method acting noun · 86% connection

an acting technique introduced by Stanislavsky in which the actor recalls emotions or reactions from his or her own life and uses them…

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Probable cause noun · 86% connection

(law) evidence sufficient to warrant an arrest or search and seizure; "a magistrate determined that there was probable cause to search…

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Proof noun · 86% connection

any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something; "if you have any proof for what you say, now is the time to produ…

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Refutation noun · 86% connection

any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something

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Sign noun · 86% connection

(medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease; "there were no signs of asphyxiation"

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Symptom noun · 86% connection

(medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease

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Track noun · 86% connection

evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator"

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Trail noun · 86% connection

evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator"

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Theory noun · 85% connection

a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a vari…

Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Philosophy, Philosophy of science.
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Campaign noun · 85% connection

a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the c…

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Action noun · 78% connection

A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body a…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: causing, agency, effect, produced.
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Antiseptic adjective · 78% connection

thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms; "doctors in antiseptic green coats"; "the antiseptic effect…

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Aquatinta noun · 78% connection

A kind of etching in which spaces are bitten by the use of aqua fortis, by which an effect is produced resembling a drawing in water c…

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Bothersome adjective · 78% connection

Vexatious; causing bother; causing trouble or perplexity; troublesome.

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Causality noun · 78% connection

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

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Coagency noun · 78% connection

Agency in common; joint agency or agent.

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