causal agency

Questions about causal agency

What is another word for causal agency?

It depends which causal agency you mean. In the sense “any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results”, the synonyms are causal agent, cause. Across all 1 sense there are 2 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of causal agency?

WordNet records no antonym for causal agency. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for causal agency come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of causal agency

• Full entry for causal agencyAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for causal agencyWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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