Becauseness

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being a causal result. rare, uncountable

    "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' […]"

Example

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"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' […]"

Etymology

From because + -ness.

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